Economy
Almost 1,300 government positions face axe under new plan
The Lithuanian government announced on Monday that it would scrap 1,290 positions in government agencies from April of next year. […]
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Culture
Monument cast from Litas coins commemorates first central banker
A monument to the first manager of the Bank of Lithuania, Vladas Jurgutis, has been unveiled near the headquarters of the Bank of Lithuania. […]
Economy
President signs Lithuania’s 2016 budget into law
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed the 2016 government budget on Monday. […]
Economy
Passenger numbers at Vilnius airport hit record level in 2015
Passenger numbers increased by 13% at Vilnius Airport in 2015 to a record three million travellers – the best performance in the history of the airport. […]
Defence
Volunteers may fill all military conscription posts in 2016
Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said that he expects all 3,000 places for compulsory military service to be filled by volunteers next year. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s interior minister enjoys sudden surge in popularity
Three politicians are in a close battle for the first spot in popularity ratings, a survey by the market and opinion research centre Vilmorus shows. President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains Lithuania’s most popular politician with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius her runner-up. Saulius Skvernelis, the Minister of the Interior, is a close third. […]
Economy
Big cities and coastal resorts top entrepreneur rankings
Entrepreneurial activity is booming in Lithuania’s three biggest cities – Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda – and the coastal resorts of Neringa and Palanga, according to the 2015 Entrepreneurship Map from the Lithuanian Central Credit Union (LCKU). […]
European Union
Georgia and Ukraine get EC’s go-ahead for visa-free travel
Georgia and Ukraine meet all benchmarks to be granted visa-free travel to the European Union, according to a report of the European Commission. Georgians and Ukrainians might be able to travel to the Schengen zone without visas as soon as next year. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s biggest consumer credit company sanctioned for ‘irresponsible lending’
4finance, the leading consumer credit company in Lithuania, has had its licence revoked by the Bank of Lithuania following repeated violations. […]
Economy
Forum Cinemas fined €1.4m for cartel agreement
Forum Cinemas, the Finnish company operating the biggest chains of cinemas in Lithuania, has been hit with a nearly €1.4 million fine for a cartel agreement. […]
Foreign affairs
Economy
Society
Alcohol availability must be reduced in Lithuania, says Interior Minister
Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with representatives of non-governmental and other organisations to discuss ways to reduce alcohol availability in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Politics
Seimas pledges to maintain ethnic minority schools
The Lithuanian parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday, saying the country will continue to provide opportunities for ethnic minority communities to receive education in their native languages. […]
Opinion
Reforms needed to put Georgia on European track
Bringing Georgia closer to European but also Atlantic institutional structures continued to be one of Lithuania’s most important foreign policy objectives this year. Despite Russia’s creeping occupation efforts over the summer and the ramping up of its massive anti-Western propaganda machine, the small South Caucasus country is still firmly resolved to follow the Euro-Atlantic course. […]
European Union
Lithuania says EU border guard must not violate member states’ sovereignty
Lithuania has said it supports the European Commission‘s proposal to set up a European border guard service but has reservations about granting it the right to act without the host nation’s consent. […]
European Union
Politics
PM Butkevičius given more power to modify Social Democrats’ electoral list
The Council of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania has granted party leader Algirdas Butkevičius more powers in compiling the party list for the 2016 general elections. […]
Politics
Failed Paksas vote was calculated move by Labour Party, observer says
A failed vote in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday will prevent the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party, Rolandas Paksas, to run for parliament in next year’s elections. Observers say the situation has been engineered by the Labour Party which wants to steal Paksas’ voters. […]