Lithuanian Song Festival Song Day
Culture

Song festival: thousand of songs and participant elder than independent Lithuania

A thousand of songs will be performed during the Lithuanian Song Festival, starting this week, and some of them will be performed by a Lithuanian-Australian who is elder than an independent Lithuania. […]

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Politics

Seimas approves tobacco excise tax hike plan

The Lithuanian government backed on Thursday the government’s proposal to raise excise tax rates for cigarettes and other tobacco products, including liquids used in e-cigarettes, and to subject nicotine free e-liquids to an excise duty starting next March. […]

Remigijus Žemaitaitis, Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Lithuania’s ruling LVŽS offers cooperation agreement to Order and Justice

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) invites the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas to sign a cooperation agreement, but it does not intend to bring it into the government coalition, the ruling party’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]

Economy

Seimas committee moves to cap direct payments at EUR 150,000 per farm

The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Rural Affairs proposes to impose a cap of 150,000 euros per farm on EU direct payments to farmers starting next year. […]