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Russia allowed to have more voting sites in Lithuania in upcoming presidential election
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday gave the green light for Moscow to increase the number of voting sites in Lithuania during this year’s Russian presidential election. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s top court rules ceiling on maternity pay not against Constitution
Lithuania’s regulation that sets a ceiling on the amount of maternity/paternity pay does not run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. […]
Society
Lithuanian municipalities pay attention to Jewish cemeteries – daily
Heritage officials and members of Lithuania’s Jewish community note that an increasing number of municipalities are taking the initiative to clean and maintain uncared-for Jewish cemeteries and memorial sites, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president, in Davos, warns against globalist-protectionist divide
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė warns against a widening divide in the world between protectionist countries and free trade advocates as she starts discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. […]
Society
Two Lithuanians, Colombian sentenced in one of Lithuania’s largest drug smuggling cases
Two Lithuanians and a Colombian on Wednesday were found guilty in one of Lithuania’s largest-ever drug smuggling cases and were handed down prison sentences of up to nine years. […]
Politics
President signs bill on large deals by Orlen Lietuva, Achema, Telia Lietuva
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed into law a bill that opens the way for authorities to vet large deals by three privately-owned companies — Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva — and to block deals that are deemed a threat to national security. […]
Politics
Seimas panel hears STT info on unlawful influence on political processes
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday heard information from the Special Investigation Service (STT) about possibly unlawful influence of businesses and interest groups upon political processes, however, the committee’s chairman Vytautas Bakas refused to elaborate, saying the report was classified. […]
Economy
Lithuania should see no drastic rise of food, drink prices in 2018 – analyst
Prices for alcohol and dairy products will grow insignificantly in Lithuania this year after being the main driver of the consumer price index in 2017, therefore, the inflation pace will slow down, says Nerijus Mačiulis, chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania. […]
Society
Worst times of emigration from Lithuania already passed – Swedbank analyst
The pace of emigration from Lithuania should start declining this year, with the number of returning Lithuanians and arriving foreigners should remain stable, says Swedbank analyst Nerijus Mačiulis, adding that the net emigration should hit the lowest level since 2000. […]
Politics
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to World Economic Forum
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Wednesday leaving for Davos to attend the annual World Economic For […]
Politics
Lithuania’s justice ministry drafts amendments to curtail life sentences – daily
Lithuania’s Justice Ministry has drafted a bill that would give hope to persons serving life sentences to walk out of prison, Lietuvos Rytas daily said. […]
Society
Lithuania’s 2017 crime rate up after criminalization of drunk driving – police chief
Lithuania’s crime rate last year increased by 5,000, with the rise attributed to the introduction of criminal liability for drinking and driving, Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas says. […]
Politics
National broadcaster’s council chief complains over too many papers asked too fast
The information submitted to Lithuanian parliamentarians may contain shortcomings, as the parliament was requesting too many documents within an excessively short period of time, says Žygintas Pečiulis, chairman of the council of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT. […]
Politics
Conservative MPs accuse ruling Farmer’s leader of hindering LRT probe
Conservative members of a commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) say that Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), is hindering the probe. […]
Politics
Ruling Farmers’ party leader says LRT probe needed because of ‘mess’ in its documents
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says that a parliamentary scrutiny of the finances of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) is “necessary and inevitable” because of the “chaotic” way in which the public broadcaster provided its answers to lawmakers’ inquiries. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Railways offers to rebuild dismantled track to Latvia by late 2019
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) has submitted to the European Commission a plan for rebuilding a dismantled railway track from Mažeikiai, a town in northwestern Lithuania where Orlen Lietuva‘s crude refinery is located, to Rengė, in Latvia, by the end of 2019. […]
Society
Lithuanian man suspected of leading international drug trafficking group
A suspected leader of an international drug trafficking group was detained in Lithuania last week, the Customs Criminal Service said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Group of MEPs express concern over Seimas’ scrutiny of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT
A group of members of the European Parliament have expressed their concern over the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary commission to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). […]