After a major search operation of a fugitive who on Thursday escaped from a police vehicle stealing officer’s assault rifle and his ultimate arrest on the same day, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has called on the police to improve police officers’ training. […]
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis says that the police will launch an internal investigation into the actions of officers that led to the escape of a fugitive who also stole an automatic rifle. According to the minister, there is no reason for any resignations of high-ranking officers. […]
On 19 November, a shipment of euro banknotes arrived in Vilnius International Airport. From there, the euro banknotes, with a police escort, were safely delivered to the Bank of Lithuania‘s vaults, the country’s central bank said. […]
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. […]
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. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree on the appointment of nine judges of district courts and administered their oaths. […]
Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius met with Vice President of the European Commission (EC) in charge of the Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič in Brussels on Thursday. According to the prime minister, establishing the internal energy market in Europe is a priority objective for Lithuania. […]
While on a formal visit in the United States, Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on 17 November in Washington, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
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). […]
The Liberal Movement political group in the Lithuanian parliament has proposed to boost funding for counter-terrorism effort by additional EUR 15 million starting in 2016. […]
The National Audit Office of Lithuania has issued a warning that the draft state budget for 2016 is on the verge of breaching fiscal rules and that Lithuania is not ready to counter financial shocks. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has dismissed the criticism and said that budget revenue figures improved due to better tax administration. […]
Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on national security Valdemaras Sarapinas says that people running from war should not be called terrorists and Lithuania will stay committed to the European Union‘s (EU) refugee relocation plan. […]
The Minister of the Interior of Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, believes that Passenger Name Records (PNR) must be collected not only on external EU flights but on internal ones as well. According to the minister, Lithuania is ready to unilaterally launch the PNR system already in 2016. […]
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. […]
The National Audit Office criticised Lithuania’s national budget for 2016, saying it was based on excessively optimistic tax collection expectations. Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius has dismissed the remarks. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that terrorism threat remains low in Lithuania, despite recent attacks in Paris. The head of Government added that a counter-terrorism unit will be reopened at the State Security Department (VSD). […]
Head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis says the Lithuanian Government should consider creating a crisis management centre which would adequately respond to terrorist attacks. […]
Prior to leaving for Paris to participate in the Leaders’ Forum of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasised that everyone must join efforts and look at the fight against terrorism anew because this challenge needs a united response. […]
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. […]
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