The Bank of Lithuania has suggested amendments that would ensure that businesspeople seeking loans from commercial banks would not have to use their personal assets as collateral in all cases. Other proposed measures would also ensure that businesspeople taking out loans wouldn’t take on too much debt. […]
On Friday, four of five education trade unions called off their two-week strike, which had begun in an attempt to raise teachers’ wages. […]
The teachers’ trade unions involved in the nearly two-week-long strike for higher wages in Lithuania have announced that they are prepared to call off their strike as early as Friday. Audrius Jurgelevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Education Trade Union, told LRT that he believes that the trade unions have achieved 75 percent of their goals after the government managed to find an additional €8 million to increase educational staff’s wages. […]
The Vilnius municipal government has promised, by the end of the year, to outfit new buses with video cameras, air conditioners, WiFi and SOS buttons in the driver’s compartment. The municipality will soon announce a public tender that will allow a private provider to integrate into the public transportation system to provide these services. […]
The Culture Heritage Assessment Council plans to deliberate on whether the Soviet sculptures formerly located on Vilnius’ Green Bridge should retain their legal protection. […]
The Ministry of Education and Science (ŠMM) has promised to find €6 million to increase teachers’ wages in response to a teachers’ strike that has been going on since last week. An additional €7 million will be requested from the government. […]
Lithuania’s canoe and kayak teams will have an unprecedented level of representation in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro after the International Canoe Federation officially announced that Lithuania would receive another voucher for a total of three spots in the Olympics. […]
Last year, Lithuania received almost €28.5 million from carbon credits sold abroad through its special Climate Change program – the most it has ever received through this program. 40 percent of the money received from carbon credits is spent on renovation, and another 40 percent is spent on the use of renewable energy resources. […]
On Wednesday, the Vilnius city council decided against considering a “pillow tax.” 16 voted for considering the change, 9 voted against it, and 16 abstained. […]
The Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures will convene to investigate the disputes surrounding the abrupt ending of the extraordinary Seimas session called for by the opposition last week. […]
Employers have no right to include non-compete clauses into employment contracts without additional compensation as that would limit a person’s constitutional right to freely choose occupation, Lithuania’s Supreme Court has ruled. […]
Lithuania has been seeking to expand the number of nations it maintains diplomatic relations with by starting relationships with several distant African, Asian and Oceanic countries. However, not all countries have answered the invitations to open diplomatic relationships sent by our country, reports Lietuvos Žinios. […]
Musician Will Wells, touring member of the American rock band Imagine Dragons, will be guest judge at Lithuania’s national Eurovision selection this Saturday, awarding points to performers vying for the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm this May. […]
Research done by an NGO in Lithuania has found that Lithuania is one of few European Union states that still have special schools for children with disabilities. Children who are unable to access their schools are homeschooled. […]
Flu epidemic in Lithuania will peak this week, public health officials say. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the European Union is likely to lift all existing sanctions on Belarus. […]
It is little wonder that the resignation of Aivaras Abromavičius, Ukraine’s Lithuanian-born Minister of Economy, has created a political uproar and a government crisis. The move should also encourage Lithuania and like-minded countries to sharpen policies towards Kiev. […]
Up until now, the only information about foreign real estate held by Lithuanians that state institutions could access was whatever the owners themselves declared, or by initiating an individual inquiry with authorities in another country. […]
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