Tarptautinis valiutos fondas
Economy

IMF sees no room for further rise in Lithuania’s minimum wages

The IMF mission chief for Lithuania sees no room for further increases in minimum monthly wages, saying that the ratio of minimum wages to average wages is rather high already, the business daily Verslo Žinios reports. […]

Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė
Politics

Lithuanian parliament sends sex change bill back to government for improvement

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday decided to send a package of proposed amendments on gender reassignment back to the government for further consideration after 62 lawmakers voted in favour of the motion, nine were against and 19 abstained. […]

Rimantas Šadžius
Economy

Lithuania’s budget may be balanced in 2017 at earliest

Lithuania’s national budget will most likely be balanced in 2017 instead of 2016, as expected before, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says. […]

Yuriy Mel
Society

Lithuanian court leaves 13 January massacre suspect in detention

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania on Friday upheld Vilnius Regional Court’s decision to extend the detention of Russian citizen Yuriy Mel, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case, for three months, rejecting the Russian citizen’s appeal. […]