Seimas Deputy Speaker Vydas Gedvilas, who was proposed to the post of the science and education minister by the Labour Party, has refused to stand as a candidate. The Lithuanian president previously said she would not appoint him, quoting a classified report on him. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has published on its website the official list of this year’s draftees, which is available at sauktiniai.kam.lt. […]
A meeting of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, and Russian President Vladimir Putin does not mean that Washington will soften its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine, says Lithuanian Deputy Seimas Speaker, Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Aachen, Germany, on Wednesday to attend the Charlemagne Prize award ceremony. She is invited to take part in the festive events as laureate of the Charlemagne Prize 2013. […]
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė together with her colleagues has proposed that 2016 should be named the European year to fight violence against women. The initiative has been supported by over 400 MEPs. […]
Fifty-five percent of women in Lithuania who are married or have a partner feel financially insecure. The main factor of the insecurity is the lack of a financial back-up plan, according to a survey of married women commissioned by Lithuanian Life Insurance Companies’ Association and carried out by pollster Spinter Tyrimai. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Ambassador to France Dalius Čekuolis is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Principality of Monaco, the Kingdom of Morocco, and Tunisia. […]
The 27 European Union (EU) Member States for which data are available granted protection status to 185,000 asylum seekers in 2014, up by almost 50 percent compared with 2013. Since 2008, more than 750,000 asylum seekers have been granted protection status in the EU, said Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]
The Presidium of Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has adopted a resolution, pledging to initiate an agreement among Lithuanian parliamentary parties on protection of human rights and freedoms. […]
This week specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan are visiting Lithuania to examine how food and veterinary control is implemented in the beef sector. Inspection results will determine further negotiations over export of Lithuanian beef and its products to Japan. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not know how many immigrants Lithuania could accept if the European Commission‘s plan on migration quotas is implemented. According to the prime minister, immigrants have a huge effect on a country’s economy. […]
Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has expressed her interest in the progress of the Rail Baltica project, as, according to her, the Baltic states are currently a “black hole” which needs to be incorporated in the European Union‘s (EU) transport network. […]
The Palanga bypass public-private partnership (PPP) project has been opened to the public. […]
Bank DNB analysts say that it is clear when evaluating Lithuania’s short-term export prospects that the first six months of 2015 will be the hardest. Producers who incurred losses due to harsh sanctions imposed by Russia are now reorienting towards new markets and reforming their business models. […]
A study of the expenses of households carried out by Swedbank’s Institute of Private Finances has revealed that Lithuanians spend less money on food than Latvians and Estonians. A family of four people that lives in Vilnius spends EUR 291 per month on recommended food products. The same food products cost in Riga by 7.2 percent more – EUR 312, whereas in Tallinn by 2.7 percent more – EUR 299. […]
Three memoranda of understanding were signed on Friday with China Merchants Group at the Office of the Government. The memoranda were signed regarding Kaunas Free Economic Zone, Lithuanian Railways and Klaipėda State Seaport. […]
Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Trade took place on 7 May in Brussels. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas said that although the European Union‘s (EU) trade volume with Georgia and Moldova was growing, the benefit of free trade treaties would be revealed fully once the countries implemented economic, political and legal reforms. […]
Lithuanian Seimas opposition leader Andrius Kubilius gave evaluated the work of the Government led by Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius with a mark of four out of ten. […]
The Lithuanian Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Intelligence and thus authorised intelligence agencies to receive information from financial companies and institutions as well as other legal persons not only about present financial transactions but about financial operations completed in the past. […]
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