Pope Francis
Foreign affairs

PM to meet with Pope Francis

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is scheduled to meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday. […]

Lietuvos energija
Economy

In 2016 the state-owned enterprises were more profitable than a year ago

The 2016 annual report on the performance of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), prepared by the Governance Coordination Centre, presents an overview of the 2016 aggregate financial results of Lithuanian SOEs as well as, based on the information provided by the enterprises, discloses the performance of their special obligations and the information on the remuneration of the executives, Governance Coordination Centre reported in a press release. […]

Vytenis Andriukaitis
Economy

EC will have to hear Lithuania’s request for damages compensation to farmers

The European Commission (EC) will have to examine the Lithuanian request for assistance in partial compensation of damages incurred by the country’s farmers due to heavy rainfall, says commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania. […]

Strike in Catalonia
European Union

Seimas committee calls use of force in Spain unjustifiable

The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday described as unjustifiable the use of force in Spain against participants of last Sunday’s referendum on Catalonia‘s independence. […]

Vytautas Bakas, Darius Jauniškis
Society

Unreliable persons entered Lithuania due to migration system gaps – security chief

Unreliable individuals have entered Lithuania due to gaps in the country’s migration system, says Darius Jauniškis, chief of the State Security Department (VSD). […]