Kazys Kazakevicius, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

In search of transparency: blind date between business and the parties

April 13, 2018 Kazys Kazakevicius 0

There are calls in the Seimas to once more establish the right for legal entities to back political powers, but not directly, instead through a blind party support fund so the companies would not know […]

Two sides of police reform

March 5, 2018 Kazys Kazakevicius 0

With the heads of the Interior Ministry and Police Department boasting that the police reform initiated several years ago has met expectations, representatives of police labour unions point to issues in the reform, Lietuvos Žinios […]

No other path for the government: must show more than just the once promised plan

April 14, 2021 0

The epidemiological situation is worsening in Lithuania – the number of infections per 100 thousand capita within 14 days had fallen down to 220 but is back over 300 once again and Minister of Healthcare […]

The face of Lithuanian populism: not radical but loud

April 12, 2021 0

We often hear that some politicians call each other populists – it is not unusual to hear such accusations addressed at the former US President Donald Trump or the current Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor […]

“15min” and BNS companies merge with “Media bitės”: will aim to become the strongest media group in Lithuania

April 8, 2021 0

JSC “15min”, which manages news website “15min“, and JSC “BNS”, which manages news agency BNS, both of which have been 100% owned by the Estonian company “Postimees Grupp”, are merging with the Lithuanian media and […]

Kupšys: Government’s 100 days – we are seeing “green” ambition, but it could be better

April 8, 2021 0

If we put a magic wand in a child’s hand, he would most likely wish for a room full of toys. Many of us construct our happiness through the word “more”: more fashionable clothes, more […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. What kind of tax reform does Lithuania need?

April 1, 2021 0

The working group on the review of tax benefits, set up by the Ministry of Finance, has already received over 200 proposals from experts, business and the public on what needs a transformation in the […]

Ažubalis compares Dobrovolska‘s plans to the Soviet Union: “It divides the country”

March 30, 2021 0

The Freedom Party, with its Minister Evelina Dobrovolska at the forefront, will present a project to the Seimas this spring, which could legalise bilingualism in certain regions of the country. The minister says that this […]