Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-communist head of state, received an award on Wednesday in recognition of his contribution to the country’s freedom. The award was presented by several non-governmental organizations, after the Seimas snubbed Landsbergis for its annual Freedom Prize. […]
As Lithuania marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic events of 13 January 1991 and Freedom Defenders Day, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has emphasised that a quarter of a century ago Lithuania achieved one of its biggest victories which also was an unforgettable historic lesson demonstrating that independence and freedom can only be defended if people are united. […]
Demographic experts attacked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius for saying that increased emigration from Lithuania was down to military conscription, pointing instead to low wages and long term emigration trends as the key reasons behind the increase. […]
Vytautas Landsbergis, the first head of state of Lithuania after secession from the Soviet Union in 1990, has caused minor controversy by refusing to participate in January 13 commemoration events in parliament. […]
As the general elections approach, Lithuania’s political parties have become acutely aware of fluctuations in their popularity ratings. The social democrats, the biggest party in the current ruling coalition, continue to top survey results, but will that translate into votes and, eventually, into parliamentary seats? […]
MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says he will definitely run in this year’s general elections, refuting earlier suggestions that there might be conditions for his giving up a seat in the European Parliament for one in the Lithuanian Seimas. […]
“Cultural norms” and laws will have to be explained to refugees who will be resettled in Lithuania, says Lithuanian president’s chief foreign policy adviser Renaldas Vaisbrodas. […]
The new citizenship law which allows for certain Lithuanians with special merit to hold dual citizenship with another country, cannot prevent subjectivity when it comes to decisions on allowing people to maintain or recover national citizenship, according to parliamentarians Stasys Šedbaras and Julius Sabatauskas. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s U-turn on establishing a new agency to tackle suicide, alcoholism and violence in families in Lithuania may make her a target during the coming election campaign. […]
This week, the Seimas Committee on Social Affairs and Labour deliberated on changes to the Labour Code and approved the majority of new types of labour contracts that were proposed. The committee also approved a new maximum overtime amount of 180 hours per year and ensured that these would be paid for as well. […]
Though a wave of discontent spread though the ruling coalition when Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius was appointed to be Lithuania’s representative to the EU’s Court of Auditors, it seems like those waves are subsiding. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said there would be no negotiation with his coalition partners of a replacement for Social Democrat Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius, who has been proposed as a candidate for the membership at the European Court of Auditors. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė annual press conference appeared more like a speech from an administrator rather than a politician, with a focus on administrative issues like control, inspection and better enforcement, Vilnius University professor Romas Lazutka told LRT Radijas. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius hopes that the Lithuanian Parliament will adopt the new social model, a package of Labour Code and welfare system reforms, in its spring session which commences in March. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is critical about the so-called social model, an ambitious Labour Code reform undertaken by the current government. The package of laws was drafted and submitted to parliament last year, but has yet to be adopted. […]
Having suggested to set up a new institution to deal with children in at-risk families, President Dalia Grybauskaitė retracted her words, insisting her proposal was rather to institute additional functions that could be carried out by existing bodies. […]
Even after the Russian company Lukoil pulls out of the Lithuanian market, it will still maintain a presence in the country, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
The ban on selling alcohol in petrol stations, which came into effect on January 1, is just a “small step” in the effort against alcoholism, says Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He adds that the government will take more measures to cut the use of alcohol. […]
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