Defence
President Grybauskaitė confers ranks on Military Academy graduates
On Friday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė promoted graduates of General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy to their first officer’s rank. […]
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Society
Lithuanian company refuses services to Israeli citizens due to Gaza events
The State Consumer Rights Protection Authority of Lithuania forwarded a claim received from a foreign national to the Lithuanian Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson. […]
Economy
Economy
Finance Minister Šadžius: Free market will regulate post-euro prices
According to Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius, the government is not going to specifically regulate prices after the adoption of the euro, since this will be done by the free market. […]
Economy
Agriculture minister suggests replacing pigs with goats in the wake of ASF
Lithuania’s Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has not only to decide how to prevent the worst effects of African swine fever in the country, but also to plan the future of the Lithuanian agriculture. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Labour Party picks deputy minister of foreign affairs
On Wednesday, the presidium of the Labour Party has decided on whom to delegate as deputy minister of foreign affairs, picking Mantvydas Bekešius for the post. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Economy
No plans to ban pig farming in Lithuania
As African swine fever (ASF) is spreading, Lithuania does not plan to forbid rearing these animals, says Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė. […]
Politics
Seimas speaker critical of initiative to merge business watchdog institutions
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė is reluctant to endorse the initiative of Minister of Economy Evaldas Gustas to merge several business supervisory institutions. […]
Uncategorized
Estonia lifts ban on Lithuanian pork imports
After four days when the country’s borders were closed to Lithuanian pork products, Estonia‘s Veterinary and Food Board lifted the ban and established a buffer zone in southern counties as fears of African swine fever, an agricultural disease, spread, news.err.ee informs. […]
Culture
Palanga Summer festival opens in Lithuania’s Baltic coast resort
On Tuesday, Lithuania’s most popular seaside resort opened the Palanga Summer festival, which will continue until 9 August. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s new healthcare minister to suspend her predecessor’s decrees
Some of the decrees signed by the former Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis will be suspended, says new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė. […]
Politics
New healthcare minister pledges to not alienate private institutions
The new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the government must not antagonize and set private and public healthcare one against the other, but rather it should establish a clear procedure for providing services in private healthcare institutions. […]
Society
UNICEF mission from Lithuania to leave for Haiti
On Monday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the organizers and members of the 4th UNICEF mission from Lithuania. […]
Economy
Lithuanian retail trade down 3 percent in June
Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on provisional data, in June 2014, the turnover (VAT excluded) of retail trade enterprises amounted to LTL 2508.7 million (EUR 726.6 million); against May, it decreased 3 percent at constant prices (seasonally adjusted – decreased 0.4 percent). […]
Politics
Social democrats ask government watchdogs to investigate previous conservative-led cabinet
The parliamentary of group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has turned to the National Audit Office, asking to review the alleged harm inflicted by the previous conservative Government when liquidating the state-owned company Gamtinių Dujų Terminalas (Natural Gas Terminal). […]
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Politics
Lithuania to update real estate register laws
Ministers of justice and agriculture have established an interinstitutional working group to renew and update laws governing the Real Estate Cadastre and the Real Estate Register. […]
Economy
New car sales on the rise in Lithuania
Four and a half thousand car deals were concluded in Arpil-June 2014, or 22.6 percent more compared to the same period in 2013. According to the data of Regitra,a public institution responsible for registration of motor vehicles, and Autotyrimai, a vehicle-related information and consulting company, the second quarter sales offset the decreased number of newly imported cars. […]