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Seimas speaker readying to visit Poland

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is going to Warsaw later this week to deliver a speech at the Polish parliament and meet with its leaders. […]

Lithuanians’ optimism about future at lowest level since 2011 – Eurobarometer

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

The number of Lithuanians expecting the next year to be better than the previous one has decline over the past year, with the indicator dropping to the lowest level since 2011, shows the latest Eurobarometer survey. […]

Record immigration reported in Lithuania, major emigration down – statistics

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Immigration numbers are setting new records in Lithuania, with the major wave of emigration slightly declining, shows data provided to BNS by Statistics Lithuania. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Saulius Skvernelis

President, Kaunas mayor, PM Lithuania’s most popular politicians – poll

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis continue topping the list of Lithuania’s most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

Lithuanian University of Education Sciences

Confidence in Lithuania’s education system lowest in 20 yrs – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

The confidence of the Lithuanian population in the country’s education system is currently at the lowest level over the past two decades, shows a survey by Vilmorus published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

Migration Department refuses residence permits to 100 foreigners

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Migration Department has refused issuing residence permits to around 100 foreigners after cracking a plot for their arrival for sham volunteering. […]

SocDems hit lowest rating since 2016 elections – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Confidence in Lithuania’s opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

US Justice Dept: Venckiene in govt custody, no further detail

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

The United States Department of Justice last Friday confirmed detention of Lithuania’s former MP Neringa Venckienė, however, noted that no further detail would be provided. […]

Lithuania congratulates Estonia on centenary

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania is marking on Saturday the centenary of the state of Estonia. […]

Lithuania seeks equal direct payments for farmers – Grybauskaitė in Brussels

February 26, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania seeks that direct payments to its farmers are as close as possible to those received by their counterparts in the EU’s “old” member states, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Friday. […]

Former Kaunas mayor Kupčinskas to replace Langaitis in Seimas

February 23, 2018 BNS 0

Andrius Kupčinskas, a former mayor of Lithuania’s second-biggest city of Kaunas, will likely replace Tadas Langaitis in the Seimas after the latter announced on Friday his decision to resign as a member of the parliament. […]

Lithuanian president sings Estonian patriotic song as centennial greeting

February 23, 2018 BNS 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and a group of popular Lithuanian performers have recorded a special musical greeting to Estonia, which celebrates the centennial of its statehood. […]

Opposition MP Langaitis says he’s leaving Seimas (Updated)

February 23, 2018 BNS 0

Tadas Langaitis of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ political group in the Seimas on Friday announced his decision to resign as a member of the parliament, saying that “it is not possible to work constructively” with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU). […]