Politics
President sends law on metro back to parliament
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed a law on metro and sent it back to the parliament for improvement. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuania to take neighbors’ choice into account in deciding on permanent time zone – PM
In deciding whether to go for permanent summer or winter time, Lithuania will ask for the opinion of its specialists and the general public and will also take its neighbors’ choice into account, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Cabinet considers broadcasting its meetings
The Lithuanian Cabinet is considering broadcasting its meetings and storing video and audio recordings of both its meetings and formal sittings. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s 2019 budget to get around EUR 200 mln “out of shadow”, finmin says
Lithuania’s government plans to collect around 200 million euros in revenue from the shadow economy next year, the finance minister says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president receives WEF invitation
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been invited to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which will take place in January. […]
Economy
SPA restructuring should not affect tourists’ plans – Lithuania’s Tourism Department
Lithuanian charter airline Small Planet Airlines’ decision to restructure its main company in Lithuania should not affect tourists’ plans, the country’s Tourism Department says as tour operators working with this air company have alternatives. […]
Foreign affairs
UK citizen detained in Lithuania for illegally taking Iraqi family to Poland
Lithuanian border guards detained a UK citizen late on Tuesday, illegally taking an Iraqi family of four, who had asked for asylum in Lithuania, to Poland. […]
Foreign affairs
Prosecutors have to provide answers in CIA story, Lithuania’s intelligence chief says
Prosecutors have to present the final conclusions over the European Court of Human Rights‘ accusations that there was a secret American prison in Lithuania more than ten years ago, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD), says. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s Klaipėda introduces ship traffic restrictions due to strong winds
Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda has put ship traffic restrictions in place due to strong winds, its spokeswoman Dovilė Ringis said. […]
Society
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian formin attends Warsaw Security Forum
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius is attending the Warsaw Security Forum. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s opposition wants NSGK to investigate govt recording case
Lithuania’s opposition, unhappy with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ responses, wants the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense to investigate the story of the deleted government meeting recording. […]
Society
Belarusian busted in Lithuania with contraband in car with diplomatic plates
Lithuanian customs officers have detained a Belarusian citizen who tried to bring contraband goods into the country in a car with diplomatic car plates. […]
Society
Printing house blamed for morphine packaging mix-up in Lithuania
Incorrectly-packaged morphine appeared on the shelves of Lithuanian pharmacies last summer after a printing house mislabeled boxes, the Lithuanian State Medicines Control Agency (VVKT) said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Georgia to continue to seek integration with West after election – formin in Vilnius
Tbilisi will continue to seek integration into the West regardless of who wins next Sunday’s presidential election, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Seimas rejects resolution accusing PM of restricting freedom of speech
Lithuania’s ruling bloc on Tuesday mustered enough votes to reject an opposition-initiated resolution accusing Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis of restricting the freedom of speech after his office deleted the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting that discussed free access to registry data for the media. […]
Politics
Lithuanian conservatives’ potential presidential candidates differ on family definition
Diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas and MP Ingrida Šimonytė, who are vying with each other for the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) nomination to run in next year’s presidential election, differ in their attitude toward family, with the former tying it to marriage and the latter calling for not ignoring reality. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Seimas to hold opposition-initiated sitting over ruling bloc’s actions
The Lithuanian parliament is holding an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday after the opposition collected signatures for the Seimas to debate on the ruling bloc’s actions. […]
Society
Vilnius expects bid from reinstated bidder for natl stadium contract within 1-2 months
Vilniaus Nacionalinis Stadionas (VNS), a company brought by the Lithuanian Supreme Court back into the bidding for the construction of a national stadium in Vilnius, is expected to file its proposal within a month or two, the municipal administration director said on Monday. […]