Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuania’s social democrats retain popularity despite corruption scandals

Recent scandals of alleged corruption surrounding the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) should not damage the party’s popularity, says Romas Mačiūnas, a sociologist at public opinion and market research company Baltijos Tyrimai. In early October, before the party came into the media attention following corruption accusations, the social democrats were supported by a quarter of all voters, a similar number as in September. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Uncategorized

Baltic presidents meeting in Palanga

On Friday, 20 November, at 11:00 a.m., Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Palanga Amber Museum. […]

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Energy

Lithuanian consumers pay least for gas in region, EC says

Both household consumers and industrial companies in Lithuania pay the smallest price for gas in the region, according to the newest report on European gas markets by the European Commission (EC). […]

Politics

Lithuanian parliament to consider citizens’ legislative proposal on name spelling

A group in Lithuania collected 69,000 signatures under a petition which obligates parliament to consider a proposed bill on name spelling in personal identification documents. The initiative, calling itself “Talka – for Lithuania’s State Language”, seeks to pass a law saying that only Lithuanian characters can be used in passports and other official documents. Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community has been voicing demands to allow the use original non-Lithuanian name spelling in passports. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian seafarers taken hostage in Nigeria have been freed

Deputy Chancellor of the Lithuanian Government Rimantas Vaitkus has announced that Lithuanian seafarers taken hostage from the ship Solarte off the coast of Nigeria have been freed. […]