Lithuania’s ruling coalition says its parties have agreed that the social model liberalizing the labor market should be approved as soon as possible. The issue was discussed at the ruling coalition’s political council on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania wants to purchase the Klaipėda LNG terminal’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) from Norway’s Hoegh LNG before the expiry of the 10-year lease period in an effort to reduce the terminal’s costs and will seek support from the European Union for this purpose, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
As teachers across Lithuania continue a strike, demanding higher wages, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claims trade unions behind the strike are “influenced by Russia“. […]
The Board of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania decided on Monday to nominate Juras Požela, 33, for the position of healthcare minister, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, Social Democratic leader, told journalists after the meeting. […]
The ministers of environment and agriculture will have to go if they are caught lying about investigations they are currently subject to, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has suggested on Monday evening after meeting with the president. […]
The European Union’s (EU) researchers will draw up proposals by summer identifying the best ways to synchronize electricity grids of the Baltic countries and Western Europe, Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice-President for the Energy Union, has said while on a visit to Lithuania. […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin congratulated Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves on Estonia’s day of independence. […]
The safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant that Belarus is building near the border with Lithuania should be a matter of concern for the entire European Union, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said, calling on the EU to seriously consider restricting the import of electricity generated by that facility to the EU market. […]
Ukraine‘s lack of progress on reforms may lead the EU to lean towards rejecting an extension of sanctions on Russia, according to the European Union‘s Ambassador to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas. […]
The Lithuanian government endorsed a package of measures aimed at cutting alcohol consumption on Monday. It includes alcohol-free zones, and further restrictions on selling hours and on alcohol advertising. […]
The agreement secured by British Prime Minister David Cameron at the weekend on special conditions for Britain to stay in the European Union did not represent a victory for the UK or the EU, according to leading Lithuanian politicians. […]
Lithuanian migration to the United Kingdom will not be affected by benefit cuts recently agreed on by British and EU leaders, says social policy expert Romas Lazutka. […]
Due to the crisis in relations with Moscow, the European Union (EU) is currently unable to pressure Russia into cooperating with Lithuania on the January 13 coup case, says EU Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas. […]
A plane owned by the Lithuanian charter carrier Small Planet Airlines skidded off the runway at Birmingham Airport, UK, on Sunday. […]
A Lithuanian Navy officer, Lieutenant Captain Remigijus Zabiela has received a medal for his service in the European Union‘s naval forces operation fighting against piracy off the coasts of Somalia. […]
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