The Lithuanian Parliament has adopted a resolution, proposing to the Government to raise the minimum monthly wage to EUR 437, a 34-percent hike from the current rate of EUR 325. […]
Lithuania’s Migration Department “undoubtedly properly” examined Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov’s application for political asylum, presidential adviser on foreign policy issues Renaldas Vaisbrodas says. […]
The first group of refugees will be relocated to Lithuania from Italy and it could happen as early as this year, the Baltic country’s Interior Vice-Minister Elvinas Jankevičius says. […]
Lithuanian parliamentarians opened discussion on Thursday on a set of laws prepared by the Interior Ministry to legalize the resettlement of asylum-seekers from abroad. The laws also specify their duties and rights along with integration timeframes. […]
Lithuania’s former foreign minister, diplomat Petras Vaitiekūnas, will serve as adviser to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on voluntary basis. […]
Bills necessary for the introduction of the electronic health system have been put before the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday, with e-prescriptions as one of the proposed novelties. […]
Representatives of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition in Lithuania, have proposed to the country’s parliament to express its opposition to a permanent mandatory refugee quota system and call on the government to launch consultations with Poland and other Baltic states on the formulation of a joint position. […]
Lithuania is about to handle more asylum seekers than ever before, but the government says the country is ready for the challenge. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis tell LRT.lt that, contrary to criticism about the government’s inaction, Lithuania is actively preparing to do its share in dealing with what is said to be the biggest refugee crisis since 1945. […]
Lithuania needs to create a new refugee integration model, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]
The protection of state borders must be stepped up in the wake of the ongoing influx of illegal immigrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with terrorism do not enter the country, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Welfare and Labour has requested 5.5 million euros in the next year’s budget for resettlement of refugees. The preliminary plan is that the first 95 refugees should arrive in Lithuania in January 2016. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that the government is not moving fast enough in its preparations to receive refugees. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is unsure how many refugees Lithuania will have to accept because the number will vary depending on how many people the European Union (EU) decides to relocate. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of the Interior is considering establishing a special division to coordinate inter-institutional activity in the area of migration, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
As the Seimas Committee on European Affairs convened to consider how many refugees Lithuania is capable to receive, the Labour Party political group said it will vote against the current proposal of resettlement of refugees. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed Edita Dambrauskienė, the chairwoman of the Kaišiadorys District Regional Court, for the post of prosecutor general. […]
Lithuania’s government on Thursday gave a green light to resettling 1,105 refugees from countries like Syria, Iraq and Eritrea, under a plan proposed by the European Union (EU). […]
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