Economy
Lithuanian govt backs 2019 budget bill
Lithuania’s government on Tuesday backed the bill on the 2019 state and municipal budget with a 0.4 percent GDP of public finances. […]
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Society
Defence
Lithuania’s 2019 defense budget projected at 2.01 pct of GDP (Updated)
Lithuania’s defense budget is projected to reach 2.01 percent of GDP next year, according to a draft plan released on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Seimas to ask for Constitutional Court’s opinion on dual citizenship referendum
After the Lithuanian parliament passes a resolution to hold a dual citizenship referendum, the Constitutional Court will be asked to assess whether the planned plebiscite is in line with the main law. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s draft 2019 budget projects higher revenue and expenditure
Lithuania’s draft 2019 budget projects higher revenue and expenditures and a larger deficit than this year’s plan. […]
Politics
Liberal Movement’s chairman calls on Šimašius to resign as party’s vicechairman
Eugenijus Gentvilas, chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has called on Remigijus Šimašius to step down as vice-chairman of the party after the mayor of Vilnius announced his decision to run for re-election as a public election committee’s candidate, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Government mulls scrapping projects for publicizing via media, PM says
The Lithuanian government is considering discarding projects for publicizing its decisions and activities via media outlets, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s 2019 budget to help improve people’s quality of life, PM says
Lithuania’s budget for 2019 will be socially responsible and will help improve the quality of life for a large part of the population, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Politics
Minister expects Seimas to approve hospital reform during fall session
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga expects the Seimas to pass by the end of the current fall session new amendments paving the way for an overhaul of healthcare facilities. […]
Politics
PM calls for careful evaluation of decisions to support privately-owned companies
Decisions to support privately-owned businesses through taxpayers’ money must be “carefully evaluated”, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday, commenting on calls to give the media free access to information from the Center of Registers. […]
Society
Secgen, other defendants acquitted in Lithuania’s LBF corruption case
A Vilnius court on Monday acquitted Mindaugas Balčiūnas, secretary general of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, and other defendants in a fraud and corruption case. […]
Society
Lithuania’s FNTT finds illegal Ukrainian employee at Rimi supermarket
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has identified a Ukrainian citizen illegally working at a supermarket in Vilnius. […]
Politics
Vilnius mayor pledges wage “floor” for teachers, revive station area
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, seeking re-election for a second term, has pledged to introduce a so-called wage “floor” for teachers and revive the central bus and railways station and Naujininkai areas of the Lithuanian capital. […]
Energy
Brussels preparing for talks with Russia on Baltic power systems
The European Commission is getting ready to start consultations with Russia over the switching of the Baltic states’ power networks off the post-Soviet system and their synchronization with that of western Europe. […]
Foreign affairs
Four more refugees to be transferred to Lithuania from Turkey
Lithuania will have to accept another four refugees, implementing the international agreement, the public radio has announced. […]
Politics
Society
Woman demands EUR 150,000 from Lithuanian hospital for sterilization without her knowledge
A woman is demanding a compensation of 150,000 euros from a hospital in Lithuania’s southern city of Lazdijai for being sterilized there without her knowledge 15 years ago. […]
Politics
Nausėda, Skvernelis, Šimonytė top presidential candidate rating in Lithuania – survey
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has come in second in a rating of potential candidates for next year’s presidential election, and economist Gitanas Nausėda rating’s keeps going up, a new survey has revealed. […]
Foreign affairs
Putin-linked oligarch’s plane lands in Vilnius
A plane belonging to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch having close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, landed in Vilnius on Thursday, the 15min.lt news website reports. […]