Politics
PM to run for president
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced on Thursday he is to run for president in the country’s presidential election in May. […]
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Society
Politics
PM dismisses criticism of gender inequality in his all-men cabinet
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Friday dismissed criticism that Lithuania might become the only country in Europe where women are absent from the cabinet of ministers. […]
Defence
Latvia’s private, nongovernmental sectors to be included in national defense system
The Latvian defense ministry proposes developing a comprehensive national defense system that would encompass not only the Baltic country’s defense sector and government institutions but also the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and individual residents, the ministry’s representatives informed Tuesday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Army establishes new battalion for communications and information systems
The Lithuanian Army established on Tuesday its new Communications and Information Systems battalion amid developing new forms of security threats. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania considers tightening Polish pork imports amid disagreements
Lithuania considers tightening Polish pork imports in response to the neighboring country’s recent ban on pork and pig imports from Lithuania, the country’s Agriculture Minister Giedrius Surplys said on Friday. […]
Economy
Food prices to be announced on official website in Lithuania: ministry
Prices of main food products in five largest Lithuania’s retail chains will be regularly announced on an official website in order to give shoppers better understanding about general price level, Lithuania’s Ministry of Agriculture announced on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Lithuania mulls immediate ban of television programs threating national security
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK), the country’s broadcasting regulatory body, initiated law amendments aimed at immediate cancelling of TV programs if they pose threat to national security, local media reported Wednesday. […]
Politics
Lithuania sees rise in public election committees
97 public election committees have registered by the end of the deadline on Friday afternoon to compete in the upcoming municipal elections in Lithuania this March. […]
Politics
Talks on Latvia’s next gov’t in new deadlock over interior minister candidate
Negotiations on Latvia’s next coalition government ran into a deadlock again on Thursday as the five political parties involved in the talks could not agree on who will be heading the ministry of interior. […]
Defence
Lithuania to step up air defense with air missiles
Lithuania is to purchase additionally battle and training missiles to its Nasams air defense system from the Norway’s Defense Ministry to step up air defense, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday. […]
Economy
Lithuania no longer cheap country as regards food: official price probe
Lithuania is no longer a cheap country as regards food prices, Irma Gudžiūnaitė, Lithuania’s vice minister of justice, said on Thursday while presenting results of a comparison-based analysis of food prices in 12 different EU member states. […]
Society
Organized car theft group detained in Lithuania in international operation: police
An organized criminal car theft group of ten Lithuanian individuals was detained during an international Lithuanian-German operation, representatives of Kaunas chief police commissariat announced on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic PMs meet on closer cooperation, security
The prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met here on Monday on closer cooperation and security issues. […]
European Union
European Commission’s proposal on direct payments to Lithuanian farmers “unacceptable”: President Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday the European Commission‘s proposals on direct payments to Lithuanian farmers are “unacceptable”. The country’s farmers are planning to hold a demonstration in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian, Lithuanian presidents meet on cooperation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaitė met on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation, Poroshenko’s press service said. […]
Politics
PM warns of crisis if parliament fails to approve state budget
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has warned on Thursday the country would face crisis if the Parliament fails to approve the State budget on time. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian, Ukrainian presidents to meet on security issues
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Friday to discuss the security situation in Eastern Ukraine and the Sea of Azov, said the President’s Office on Tuesday. […]
Economy
PM untroubled by Barclays’ decision to close operations center in Vilnius
The decision by Britain’s Barclays Bank to close its operations center in Vilnius will not cause significant losses to Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, the Baltic country’s prime minister, said on Tuesday. […]