Naglis Puteikis
Politics

Lithuania’s Center Party crosses 5% threshold

The Lithuanian Center Party headed by MP Naglis Puteikis would cross the five-percent threshold to win parliamentary mandates, if elections were held on the nearest Sunday, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
Society

Unique Jewish archive being revived in Vilnius

As a result of intensified Jewish studies in Vilnius, scientists have this year identified thousands of valuable Jewish manuscripts that were hidden in the basement of a church in the Lithuanian capital during the Soviet occupation period and remained scattered among different archives for two decades after the country regained independence. […]

DFDS ferry
Society

Illegals found aboard Lithuanian ferry in summer sent home

Twelve illegal migrants discovered aboard Kaunas Seaways ferry of the Lithuanian ferry company DFDS Seaways last summer have been sent home. […]

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Economy

Lithuania should ready for decline in EU support funds – MP

Lithuania should prepare for a possibly drastic decline in European financial aid in the new European Union (EU) budget after 2020, says MP Stasys Jakeliūnas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Budget and Finance. […]

Ministry of National Defence
Defence

Lithuania plans to raise military salaries

The Lithuanian government plans a 30-percent increase in military salaries by the end of 2020 compared with 2016, with over 88 million euros in state budget funds to be provided for this purpose over the next three years, according to a draft budget approved by the Cabinet. […]

Ignalina NPP
Economy

EU promises further funding for Ignalina N-plant closure – Seimas speaker

The European Commission remains committed to providing funding for the decommissioning of Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said after meeting with EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger in Vilnius on Thursday. […]