Politics
Seimas to hold sittings five days this week
The Seimas of Lithuania will hold sittings every day this week before the end of the spring session. […]
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Defence
Foreign affairs
Seimas speaker to visit United States
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis is leaving for a three-day visit to the United States. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s Klaipėda welcomes largest container ship in its history
Lithuania’s port of Klaipėda on Sunday welcomed the largest container ship, Francesca, to ever enter the port in its history. […]
Society
Lithuania’s army enjoys highest public trust in 13 years
A record-high number of people in Lithuania trust the country’s army, the latest survey has revealed, with almost 60 percent trusting the armed forces. […]
Politics
TS-LKD, LVŽS remain most popular parties in Lithuania – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain the most popular parties in Lithuania, a new survey has shown. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Order, Justice party suspends Grazulis’ membership
The board of Lithuania’s opposition Order and Justice party decided during its meeting on Saturday to suspend the membership of MP Petras Gražulis for a year. […]
Politics
Seimas starts discussions on closing shops on holidays, Sundays
The Seimas of Lithuania has started discussions on a proposal to close shops on holidays and the last Sunday of a month. […]
Politics
Liberal Movement’s rating plummets record-low – survey
If general elections were held in Lithuania now, the opposition Liberal Movement would fail to cross the minimum barrier stipulated by the law, a new survey shows. […]
Politics
Bakas threatens to leave LVŽS group if it launches new parliamentary probe
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), threatened on Friday to leave the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s political group in the Seimas if it launches a new parliamentary investigation. […]
Politics
Vilnius court bans Bakas from calling MG Baltic ‘organized criminal group’
A Vilnius court on Friday prohibited Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), from calling MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups, as “an organized criminal group”. […]
Politics
Lithuanian ruling party MPs want new probe into politics-business links
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s (LVŽS) political group in the Seimas has decided to initiate a new parliamentary investigation into links between politics and business as a follow-up to a probe conducted the Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK). […]
Society
Ex-chief of defense fined EUR 2,500 for drink-driving
Lithuania’s former chief of defense Valdas Tutkus was on Friday found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. […]
Economy
Seimas takes another step to setting ceiling on social security contributions
The Lithuanian parliament on Friday took another step toward adopting a part of the government’s proposed tax reform package, including setting a ceiling on social insurance contributions, shifting a part of these contributions onto the employee and taxing it at 19.5 percent, and using only central government budget funds to pay the basic part of pensions. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian
Lithuania President Grybauskaitė, leaving for Tartu on Friday, plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian. […]
Society
Share of contraband cigarettes down slightly in Lithuania – survey
The contraband cigarettes market in Lithuania has shrunk this year, standing at 17.7 percent, and the state budget lost around 50 million euros because of that last year, a new survey shows. […]
Foreign affairs
Around 2,500 football fans cross Lithuanian border en route to Kaliningrad
Around 2,500 football fans crossed the Lithuanian border on Friday night, going on special trains to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. […]
Society
Lithuania’s LiTak-Tak fails to get exports license following VSD info
LiTak-Tak, a Lithuanian producer of air traffic control systems and radars, has failed to get an exports license due to information provided by the country’s State Security Department (VSD). […]
Society
Severe drought remains in Lithuania’s five municipalities
Rain in parts of Lithuania on Friday night did not end severe drought in some areas, and it still remains in five municipalities – Šakiai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Trakai District and Kalvarija. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s vice environmin under fire after “post Soviet countries” event
Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States. […]