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Lithuanian ruling MPs initiate parliamentary probe into public broadcaster LRT
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating a parliamentary investigation into the management and financial and economic activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), Arvydas Nekrošius, vice-speaker of the Seimas, has confirmed to BNS. […]
Society
Commission chair urges formal end to lustration process in Lithuania – daily
Lithuania should formally close a lustration process that was started more than a quarter of a century ago, says Algimantas Urmonas, professor at Mykolas Romeris University who has chaired the country’s Lustration Commission for ten years. […]
Energy
Ignalina N-plant CEO refuses to say if he’ll resign amid abuse suspicions
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant CEO Darius Janulevičius, suspected by law-enforcement bodies of involvement in a non-transparent auction of the plant’s assets, refuses to comment on whether he intends to step down, saying that he will wait for the energy ministry’s decision. […]
Foreign affairs
Strasbourg court to issue judgments in 4 property rights cases against Lithuania
The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver on Tuesday its judgments on four complaints field by Lithuanian nationals over alleged violations of their right to property. […]
Economy
Introduction of cap on cash payments in Lithuania postponed – daily
With discussions on imposing a cap on cash payments in Lithuania going on for years, politicians now say that a law setting the limit at 3,000 euros may be passed this year and come into effect next year, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Society
Lithuanian genocide centre urges critical approach to KGB agents’ list
The Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre says that a register of KGB archival dossiers it has just completed publishing should be viewed with a critical eye. […]
CORPORATE
The Ball brothers may bring Lithuania more harm than good
That Lithuania has become the centre of media attention due to the famous Ball brothers has stoked Lithuanians’ ego. Nothing surprising, after all it is not every day that you will hear something like “Lithuania-mania” […]
Politics
Lithuanian watchdog says not to punish foreign periodical distributors for alcohol ads
The Lithuanian Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department promises not to punish, at least for some time, distributors of foreign periodicals containing advertisements for alcoholic beverages as politicians plan to consider measures to allow alcohol advertising in such publications. […]
Foreign affairs
Japan’s PM coming to Vilnius, Kaunas
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is coming to Lithuania this weekend to meet with the country’s top officials and pay tribute to the memory of war-time Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who rescued Jews in Kaunas. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Public Safety Service to guard Feb 16 Independence Act
Officers of the Public Safety Service will guard the 1918 Independence Act to be handed over to Lithuania by Germany for exhibiting at the House of Signatories on a temporary basis. […]
Defence
250 French troops joining NATO battalion in Lithuania
More than 250 French troops with tanks and infantry fighting vehicles will join the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battalion in Lithuania later this month. […]
Foreign affairs
Convicted spy awarded EUR 2,800 for poor prison conditions in Lithuania
Romuald Lipskij , former employee of the Lithuanian state company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) convicted to five years for for Belarus, has been awarded 2,800 euros for unacceptable living conditions in Lukiškių Prison in central Vilnius. […]
Politics
Lithuanian EC member applauds PM’s position on dialogue with Russia
European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania has expressed support to the position stated by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on the need to resume the political contacts with Russia, following the example of other European Union (EU) nations and institutions. […]
Society
Famous Lithuanian actor Banionis worked for KGB during Soviet era – documents
Prominent Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis was recruited as a KGB agent during the soviet rule, the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre said. […]
Defence
Denmark taking over NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission in Lithuania
A Danish Air Force detachment is taking over the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states in Siauliai, northern Lithuania. […]
Economy
Bono dropping investment in Lithuania
Bono, the leader of the Irish rock band U2, has announced plans to give up his investment in a supermarket in Lithuania. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Polish PM to visit Vilnius in March amid improving ties
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to visit Vilnius in March in a sign of improving bilateral relations long strained by disagreements over the ethnic minorities situation. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Railways pays EU anti-trust fine for dismantled track to Latvia
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) on Friday paid a fine of almost 28 million euros imposed by the European Commission for hindering competition by removing a rail track to Latvia. […]