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Politics

Minister of health has no doubts about 20% pay rise for doctors next May

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says that there are no obstacles for raising salaries for doctors and other health professionals by 20 percent next May. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania establishes diplomatic relations with Madagascar

Lithuania has established official diplomatic relations with Madagascar, an East African island country that is best known to Lithuanians because of a utopian idea by Kazys Pakštas, a 20th century geographer, to set up a Lithuanian colony there. […]

Artūras Skardžius
Politics

MP Skardžius leaving Lithuanian Seimas Energy Commission

MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Social Democratic Labour group, is leaving the parliament’s Energy Commission after an anti-corruption watchdog found that he could have confused his private and public interests by working for the renewable resource sector. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania initiates historical visit by Israeli PM to Brussels

Lithuania has initiated a historical visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Brussels to meet with EU foreign ministers, diplomats confirmed on Tuesday. […]