Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Eimantas Kiudulas
Economy

Why the new Labour Code is good for Lithuania. Interview

September 26, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

A newly adopted Labour Code is a signal to the investors that investment climate is improving in Lithuania. After the change, labour relations in the country will be more flexible, and this will create better conditions not only for investors but also for employees. At the same time more favourable conditions might be one of the incentives not to emigrate and stay in Lithuania, and this will increase the number of workers in the country. […]

A. Butkevičius during TV debates
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS. Will Social Democrats stumble before elections?

September 20, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

“People first” is the slogan with which the Social Democrats (LSDP) entered power four years ago. Last week, however, the LSDP voted alongside a number of other parties to overrule the President’s veto of the […]

Algirdas Sysas, Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS.Social Democrats and “Peasants” on partnership, artificial insemination and language

September 20, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Representatives from the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) met in a Delfi electoral debate in an exchange of opinions. LVŽS Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis spoke for his party, while the LSDP was represented by deputy party Chairman and Seimas deputy Chairman Algirdas Sysas. Key focus in the exchange were artificial insemination, the writing of last names in original language in identification documents and matters of partnership. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

President signs Labour Code into Law: here are the main changes

September 19, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed the new Labour Code and accompanying amendments into law, the President’s Office said. Last week, the parliament overrode the presidential veto and kept the liberal version of the Labor Code it had adopted in June. The new code and the social model package will take effect at the start of 2017. […]

Vladimiras Laučius
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS 2016. Economics. Laučius: SocDems and Conservatives had the strongest showing

September 16, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

On the evening of September 13 a political debate featuring the top five largest Lithuanian parties was broadcast on LRT Television. The topic of the debate – economics. The debating parties were the Lithuanian Social […]

Labour Code
Economy

Seimas overturns presidential veto of Labour Code

September 14, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday overturned President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of a new Labour Code, leaving in place the law that was passed in June. […]