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Lithuanian government extends €420m loan to state social insurance fund
The Lithuanian government has agreed to extend a €420 million interest-free loan to Lithuania‘s social insurance fund, the Sodra, to help it “balance cash flows”. […]
Economy
Apartment deal to push ahead €79m national stadium development
The company that wins the competition to develop a National Stadium on the outskirts of Vilnius will also be allowed to build apartments on the site as a sweetener to attract potential developers. […]
CORPORATE
Service prices rise faster in Lithuania than rest of EU
The price of services in Lithuania grew more than in any other European Union country last year, increasing over 5%. […]
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Blow to Ukraine’s reform effort as Lithuanian-born economy minister quits
The Lithuanian Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Aivaras Abromavičius, said on Wednesday he was stepping down as his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests. […]
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Obama’s €3bn plan to ramp up US military strength in Baltic States, Eastern Europe
US President Barack Obama is planning to substantially increase the deployment of heavy weapons and armoured vehicles in Lithuania and the Baltic States, and all along NATO’s eastern flank, to send a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes the New York Times. […]
European Union
Draft proposals to keep Britain in EU to hit Lithuanian migrants in UK
Draft proposals by European Council president Donald Tusk to keep Britain in the European Union include proposals for an ‘emergency brake’ that would allow countries to curb in-work benefits to migrants for up to four years that could affect the many Lithuanian emigrants living and working in the UK, or planning to move to the UK. […]
Politics
Healthcare minister failed to live up to expectations, president’s office says
Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has been urged to step down for a “variety of reasons” that are not only to do with corruption in the healthcare system, says advisor to the Lithuanian president Mindaugas Lingė. […]
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Lithuanian parties expanding abroad
Last month, the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats set up new party chapters in Switzerland and the City of London. The conservatives are planning to continue with divisions in the United States and Poland, according to the daily Lietuvos Žinios. […]
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Politics
Court of Appeals overturns prison sentences in Labour Party case
Viktor Uspaskich, a member of the European Parliament and founder of Lithuania’s Labour Party, has been cleared of tax avoidance charges by the Lithuanian Court of Appeals which overturned a previous prison sentence imposed on the politician. He will still have to pay a fine of €6,800 for hiding income and expenses in his party’s accounts. […]
Society
Kalashnikov fugitive sentenced to 4 years in prison
Igoris Molotkovas, who sparked a massive manhunt operation in Vilnius last November after escaping police with a Kalashnikov rifle, received a custodial sentence on Monday. He will spend four years and four months in prison. […]
Economy
Lithuania jumps to 13th in global economic freedom rankings
Lithuania moved up two places to 13th in the latest global economic freedom index published by the Heritage Foundation in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal. […]
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Liberals need to think differently to make gains from second place
The Liberal Movement are securely the second-most popular party in Lithuania after the Social Democrats, according to opinion polls, but despite their good ratings there are reasons for unease for the party in the run up to this year’s elections. […]