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Decentralise state agencies to the regions, says MP
The government should decentralise state-controlled enterprises, public institutions and government organisations to the regions to move more jobs out of the capital to the regions, especially to the underdeveloped municipalities, said parliamentarian Kęstutis Masiulis. […]
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Unpredictable Poland is the new Russia for Lithuanian exporters, say economists
After riding themselves of dependence on unpredictable markets in Russia Lithuanian exporters are facing another potential crisis in Poland, according to Swedbank economist Nerijus Mačiulis. […]
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€500k of medical aid sent to Ukraine
Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. […]
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Discussions on reforms of labour code almost complete
The Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labour is working out the final details of the social model package that would liberalise labour laws and reform the Sodra pension scheme, said Kristina Miškinienė, the head of the committee, on Žinių Radijas. […]
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Intense search for fishermen lost in fog in Curonian Lagoon
A number of fishermen got lost on the Curonian Lagoon ice on Monday evening due to heavy fog. […]
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Controversy grows over minister taking spouse on official trip to London
There is growing controversy over Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė taking her spouse Aurelijus Pitrėnas on an official trip to the World Education Forum in London last week. […]
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Foreign investors get frosty reception in Lithuania’s regions
Foreign investors get a frosty reception in the regional parts of Lithuania as local businessman fear competition and put pressure on councils to keep out foreign investment, according to Rūta Skyrienė, executive director of the Investors Forum, which brings together foreign investors in Lithuania. […]
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Will consumers feel lower gas prices?
Consumers will not see a big drop in the price of their gas following a new deal between Lithuanian gas trading company Litgas and Norway‘s Statoil which will cut the wholesale liquefied natural gas price by more than a third and reduce the maintenance costs of the LNG terminal by 23%. […]
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Kaunas presents Heart award to Landsbergis
Professor Vytautas Landsbergis was presented with the Heart award in Kaunas at the house of the nation on Sunday. […]
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Chinchilla farming one of most profitable businesses in Lithuania
Chinchilla farming is one of the most profitable businesses in Lithuania, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. […]
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New Polish musical bench strikes up to commemorate Oginskis in Vilnius
An interactive musical park bench has been given to Vilnius by the Polish Embassy to commerorate the closing of the year dedicated to the composer, politician and diplomat Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis (Michał Kleofas Ogiński). […]
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Municipalities to take over real estate tax collection to increase revenues
Real estate tax collection and revenues will be handed over to municipalities to encourage them to implement the taxes more stringently under new proposals from Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius. […]
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Banks fail to develop common solution to replace code cards
Commercial banks in Lithuania have still not developed a common alternative for code cards, whose use will be restricted from April. […]
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Falling ruble brings average Russian wages close to minimum in Lithuania
With plummeting oil prices the ruble continues to decline against the euro and other currencies to such an extent that the average Russian wage may soon hit a level equivalent to the Lithuanian minimum wage. […]
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SMEs to get €38m fund for soft loans
A new €38 million fund to provide Lithuanian small and medium-sized businesses with access to soft loans has been announced by the government. […]
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Prime minister demands investigation in food for poor scandal
The Lithuanian state could be paying up to double average market prices for food it procures under a programme to support those living in poverty, according to an investigation by 15min.lt. […]
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Social Democrat MP shocks Butkevičius by saying Left ‘needs Paleckis’
Social Democrat MP Birutė Vėsaitė has shocked the prime minister and her party colleagues by posting comments on Facebook supporting Algirdas Paleckis and saying that the Left needed him, after he announced he was leaving the Socialist People‘s Front. […]