Vytenis Andriukaitis
Politics

EU Commissioner thinks Lithuania should keep current IFV law in place

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis believes that Lithuania should keep in place the current Law on Assisted Reproduction that does not limit the number of embryos that can be created a time and allows freezing them. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Socdems expect to name new justmin candidate Monday

Lithuania’s outgoing Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he has discussed several potential candidates for justice minister with Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis and expects to name the party’s nominee for the post on Monday. […]

Lukiškės prison
Politics

Prisons modernization on for 10 yrs, but with no substantial results

Lithuania does not have a clear and consistent strategy for modernizing its penal facilities. The modernization process has been ongoing for more than 10 years now, but no substantial results have been achieved, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. […]

M577 carrier
Defence

Lithuania signs contract to buy 168 armored carriers from Germany

The Lithuanian military is buying 168 armored personnel carriers from Germany for around 1.6 million euros in total. […]