Politics
PM to set up crisis centre under Government
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency. […]
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Society
Min of Social Affairs to involve NGOs, local Govts in efforts against poverty
Lithuania’s new Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis pledges a higher degree of inclusion of non-governmental organizations, local governments and local communities in the efforts to settle social issues. […]
Economy
New CEO expects to turn Lithuanian Railways into transparent company
Mantas Bartuška, the new chief executive officer of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG), is confident that he will manage to turn the country’s largest state-owned enterprise, which has recently come on the radar screen of law-enforcement, into a transparent company. […]
Politics
PM Skvernelis most popular politician – survey
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is the country’s most popular politician after his Peasant and Green Union won October general elections, a poll showed Saturday […]
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ForMin admits lack of understanding form neighbors on Belarus’ N-plant
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius admits that Lithuania has so far failed to fully convince its neighbors regarding threats posed by a new nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus and Vilnius’ initiative to block electricity from the facility. […]
Economy
Economy
Bartuška appointed as CEO of Lithuanian Railways, Švedas as board chairman
Mantas Bartuška, currently CEO of the state-run oil product and liquefied natural gas terminals operator Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil), has been appointed as a new CEO of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) and Romas Švedas, an independent expert and a former energy minister, has been appointed as chairman of the state railway company’s new management board. […]
Global LT
Dual citizenship, tax incentives would encourage emigrants to return to Lithuania
Many emigrants hope to return to Lithuania and dual citizenship and tax-incentives for starting a business would encourage them to do so, Dalia Henke, chairwoman of the Lithuanian World Community, said on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
ForMin gets assurances from Trump’s Admin on US links with Lithuania
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has received assurances from US President-elect Donald Trump‘s national security adviser that the US will maintain strong economic and defence links with Lithuania. […]
Economy
Netherlands’ GeoPhy setting up services centre in Kaunas
GeoPhy, a Dutch big data company that collects, processes and analyses data on the global real estate market has set up an office in Kaunas. By mid-2017, the company plans to have recruited up to 25 experienced specialists who will be responsible for collecting and analysing data from all over the world. They will be doing this from Kaunas, GeoPhy announced in a press release. […]
Politics
New Interior Minister: Police reform halted until mid-2017
An agreement has been reached with Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas to suspend the police reform until the middle of 2017, says Lithuania’s new Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]
Defence
Lithuania to continue commitments to NATO, be more active in EU – new PM
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday briefed ambassadors of European Union (EU) member-states residing in Vilnius on the foreign policy course of the new 17 th government, accentuating that consistency, activeness and continuity would be key in the area. […]
Global LT
President – Lithuania won’t abandon citizens in Britain
Lithuania will not abandon its citizens living in the United Kingdom in the Brexit negotiations, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Global LT
Poland’s Lithuanian minorities uncertain about ruling bloc’s initiatives
Members of the Lithuanian national minority living in Poland say they are observing the increasingly radical sentiments of the Polish ruling parties on national minorities, adding they are not certain about their future. […]
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Misunderstanding over initiative in Polish Sejm sorted out – ForMin
A misunderstanding over proposed amendments that would have equated “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime has been sorted out in the Polish parliament, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]
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Polish amendment may lead to tearing down Lithuanian monuments
Lithuanian politicians describe as “a slap in the face” a proposed legal amendment in Poland that would equate “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime, saying that if it is adopted, Lithuania-related monuments may start to be demolished in the neighboring country. […]
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Polish Sejm won’t discuss amendments condemning ‘Lithuanian nationalism’
The Polish parliament will not discuss on Thursday amendments that would equate “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime as the item has been removed from the agenda. […]
Defence
State security agency to provide training for MPs
The Lithuanian State Security Department is planning to organize training for newly-elected members of the parliament. […]
European Union
President vows to seek post-Brexit guarantees for expatriates
Lithuania will seek all possible guarantees for Lithuanians living in the United Kingdom after that country leaves the European Union, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said ahead of her bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Economy
New board of Lithuanian Railways appointed
A new management board of the state railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG), which has lately come on the radar screen of law-enforcement, was appointed on Wednesday, the day when Rokas Masiulis took over the helm of the Transport Ministry. […]