Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the National Security and Defence Committee
Politics

Lithuanian institutions demand extra funding to address terrorism threats

Reacting to the terrorist attacks in France, Lithuania’s Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee has requested additional funding for the State Security Department, the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit, Aras, and the State Border Guard Service. The committee requests to designate 14.4 million euro to these institutions in next year’s budget. […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Economy

Seimas speaker not worried about budget warnings from EC

Lithuania’s draft budget for 2016 allows for conservative optimism, says Loreta Graužinienė, speaker of the Seimas. According to the parliament’s leader, there is no risk that budget spending would exceed income in 2016 more than projected. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s central bank proposes to cap charges for basic banking services

The Bank of Lithuania has drafted a list of private banking services that it proposes should be made more accessible. If the proposal is endorsed by parliament, commercial banks will have to provide basic services like debit card administration, cash withdrawals and money transfers in the EEA to their clients at a fixed charge. […]

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Economy

EU Commission: Lithuania’s budget at risk of exceeding deficit targets

The European Commission published its assessment of budgetary plans submitted to it by eurozone countries. Commenting on Lithuania’s 2016 national budget draft, the EC says it strays too much from fiscal discipline targets and that Lithuania might fail to keep structural deficit below 1 percent of GDP. Lithuania’s prime minister has responded that the government is not planning to revise the budget. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaitė to pay tribute to Paris victims during UNESCO forum

President Dalia Grybauskaitė left for the 70th UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, leader forum on Monday, November 16, in Paris. While in Frabce, the Lithuanian president is to honour the victims of a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian president on Paris attacks: Terrorism never wins

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has expressed support for the French people and the President of France François Hollande after a series of coordinated terrorist attacks across Paris killed over a hundred people. […]