The Liberal Movement has referred to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), asking to annul election results in Trakai District and to hold rerun elections to ensure transparency. […]
Having heard opinions of some MPs regarding the reintroduction of military conscription, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a discussion at the Seimas on the issue will probably be very lively. […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein said during a meeting with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the situation of ethnic minorities and non-citizens in Latvia. […]
Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis is paying a visit to Georgia where he met with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani. […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina opened its market to Lithuanian beef and its products, the Lithuanian Government said. […]
Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Lithuania amount to 4-5 tons per capita and are among the lowest in the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report The European Environment – State and Outlook 2015. […]
Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Service (STT) Romas Zienka says that in 2025 Lithuania should come within the top 10 of the most transparent member states of the European Union. […]
After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]
State-owned energy company group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) intends to merge electricity and gas distribution network operators, AB LESTO and AB Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas). It is said that the synergy of the two companies will enable to increase the group’s efficiency, reduce operating costs and create additional benefits to electricity and natural gas consumers. […]
Lithuania’s Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis, who returned from his visit to the United States, says the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal as well as Lithuania’s strong stance on energy security has opened many doors. […]
The Investors’ Forum has proposed that the Government of Lithuania invest in a national airline. […]
The Ministry of National Defence submitted to the Government amendments to the law on the principles of structure of the Armed Forces in 2015. It includes a plan to draft 3,000-3,500 men to compulsory military service. […]
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. […]
On 23 February – 1 March 2015, NATO fighter jets patrolling the Baltic airspace were scrambled to identify and escort aircraft flying near the Baltic states’ borderline in the NATO Baltic Air Policing Reaction Zone twice, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Mindaugas Lingė, the presidential advisor on internal affairs, says that the new system of electing Lithuanian mayors directly did not cause a revolution, but that people of the country themselves confirmed that the political system in Lithuania is in a good state. […]
“We are pleased that the revised GDP for 2014 compared to 2013 increased by 3 percent rather than by 2.9 percent as it was announced in the preliminary estimates. The higher growth was driven by the growth of the construction industry, also, the Government’s decisions regarding housing renovation under the new programme,” Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday, referring to revised data from Statistics Lithuania. […]
If five current Lithuanian MPs who managed to get to the second round of mayoral elections win and take up posts as mayors, 5 constituencies of Lithuania would have to hold new parliamentary elections to find replacements for them, said Zenonas Vaigauskas, head of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK). […]
The governing Estonian party, the Reform Party, won the Riigikogu elections on Sunday with a narrow lead over the biggest opposition group, the Centre Party, while in all six parties will be represented in the 101-member parliament this time. […]
A total of 97.1 percent of residents of Lithuania have at least one TV set at home, 32 percent have two TV sets, while more than every tenth household in the country has three or more TV sets. 96.8 percent said that they watch TV. […]
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