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  • Economy

Lithuanian retail centres ‘nuclear bombs’ for small businesses, says Lithuanian industrialist

Lithuania is making the transition from to a developed market-economy capitalism but it is creating negative side- effects, said Robertas…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Should we celebrate or mourn on February 16th?

The inter-celebratory period gives us a single day between Valentine's day, which is dedicated to billions of lovers around the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Why was sentence so light for Labour party founder?

It took almost 10 years for a court's decision regarding the Labour Party's fraudulent bookkeeping in 2004-2006 to come into…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM says Lithuania will manage to integrate refugees

Lithuania will manage to successfully integrate refugees from the Middle East, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes, but said that the…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Restrictions on selling alcohol in non-grocery stores on way, says PM

The Lithuanian government is to draft legislation restricting the sale of alcohol in non-grocery stores, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said.…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Modest growth or stagnation: what happened in Lithuania in 2015?

According to Gitanas Nausėda, the advisor of the president of SEB Bank, 2015 wasn't a very special year for Lithuania,…

9 years ago
  • Economy

How will the Ukraine-EU association agreement help Lithuanian businesses?

The association agreement between the EU and Ukraine, which was signed in 2014 but only came into effect on 1…

9 years ago
  • Politics

New prosecutor general promises changes to office in first press conference

In the first press conference organized by the new Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis since he was sworn in two days…

9 years ago
  • Society

Unvaccinated children will be barred from kindergarten in Lithuania

After the Seimas (parliament) failed to adopt legislation authorizing mandatory vaccinations, an order made by former Minister of Health Vytenis…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian GDP growth may outpace Estonia’s in 2016

Lithuanian economic growth this year has been the slowest among the Baltic countries, but analysts at Danske Bank predict that…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Why did Darius Raulušaitis withdraw from the Prosecutor General’s Office?

On Tuesday, the General Prosecutor's Office reported that Darius Raulušaitis, who had been serving as a temporary Prosecutor General, withdrew…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Why is the deal between Russia’s Gazprom and Lithuania’s Amber Grid important?

Amber Grid, a Lithuanian gas transmission company, signed a 10-year contract with the Russian gas concern Gazprom for the transportation…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania may face fines after blocking Paksas from running for office, says PM

Lithuania may face fines following the decision by parliamentarians not to allow former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas to run again…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Opposition leader: next year’s budget will ruin Lithuania’s reputation

There are good things in next year's budget, like the increase of national defence budget, but Lithuania will also begin…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Merger of Lithuania’s electricity grid operator and gas company goes ahead

Lithuanian electricity grid operator LESTO is merging with the gas company Lietuvos Dujos. The purpose of the merger is to…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania continues to oppose permanent EU refugee resettlement mechanism

A meeting between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign and European Affairs discussed the EU's refugee relocation…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Amendments to curb corruption submitted to Lithuanian parliament

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė submitted a bill aimed at curbing the shady donations from state and municipality controlled companies, preventing…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Minister Linkevičius: NATO showed it will not tolerate airspace violations

NATO has shown that its members will not tolerate violations of their airspace territorial integrity, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Will there be rapprochement between Russia and West?

Terrorist attacks in Paris and the plane crash over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula might provide a turning point in Russia's relations…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Government endorses Lithuanian airport concession bill

The government has approved the bill on the Lithuanian airports concession, which is expected to boost competitiveness of Lithuania's air…

9 years ago