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Lithuanian president criticizes government for trying to rescue state-owned shipping company

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the government’s decision to rescue Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė (Lithuanian Shipping Company, or LJL) from bankruptcy at the expense of dividends from Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) is a short-term solution, adding that the transport minister and the prime minister are responsible for the poor situation the state-controlled dry bulk operator is in. […]

Lithuania’s Labour Party says accepting refugees ‘a mistake’

July 22, 2015 BNS 0

The Labour Party, which is part of Lithuania’s ruling coalition, issued a statement on Wednesday, calling the country’s decision to accept refugees “a mistake”. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker ‘not ready’ for same-sex partnerships

July 22, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian society is not ready for same-sex partnerships, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė believes. […]

Refugee resettlement in Lithuania to start next January

July 22, 2015 BNS 0

The first group of refugees from Africa and the Middle East should be resettled to Lithuania in January 2016, the government’s officials say. […]

Agneta Lobačevskytė (left) in a meeting with Seimas ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys. Photo Vytautas Valentinavičius, Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga

Lithuania’s new equal opportunities ombudswoman walks fine line between human rights and religion

July 20, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

From advisor on legal issues to the speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament, to deputy culture minister and, finally, to ombudsperson in charge of equal opportunities (EO). This would seem like a surreal career journey to some, but Agneta Lobačevskytė, the new EO ombudswoman, sees what seems like a stroke of luck to many as a logical and deserved turn of events. […]

Poll shows unstable ratings of Lithuania’s liberals

July 19, 2015 BNS 0

The ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania has cemented its popularity with voters, and the opposition Liberal Movement’s popularity rating is fluctuating, a new poll shows. […]

Elections of Telšiai district mayor to be held in November

July 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has decided that elections of new mayor of Telšiai District in north-west Lithuania will take place on 8 November, 2015. […]

Lithuania’s Labour Party wants to reorganize Ministry of Culture

July 18, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Members of the Labour Party Vytautas Gapšys and Šarūnas Birutis, who is also the Minister of Culture, claim that the incorporation of the Department of Physical Education and Sports and the Department of Youth Affairs into the Ministry of Culture would allow to better represent youth and sports affairs on the highest political level. […]

The embassy of the Russian Federation in Vilnius

Lithuanians organize protest outside Russian Embassy over actions in Georgia

July 17, 2015 BNS 0

Around 50 people attended a rally organized by the opposition party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats near the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Friday, protesting against Moscow’s actions in Georgia and calling them “creeping occupation”. […]

EC calls on Lithuania to transpose EU legislation on in-vitro fertilization

July 16, 2015 BNS 0

The European Commission has requested Lithuania to transpose provisions of EU directives on quality and safety standards for medical procedures involving reproductive cells. […]

Lithuanian government to discuss Greek bailout on Thursday

July 15, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian cabinet of ministers on Thursday is to hold an extraordinary meeting over Greece‘s debt crisis. […]

Lithuanian MP urges to establish no-flight zones for drones

July 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas, has appealed to the Association of Local Authorities urging all municipalities of Lithuania to establish no-flight zones for drones. […]

Economic adviser leaves Lithuanian president’s team

July 15, 2015 BNS 0

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, chief advisor on economic issues to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, is leaving the presidential team after working less than a year. […]

56 percent in Lithuania in favour of e-voting

July 14, 2015 BNS 0

Fifty-six percent of people in Lithuania are in favour of online voting as an additional possibility to take part in elections, according to a survey for the Ministry of Justice. […]

Lithuanian parliamentary committee to discuss Greek bailout on Wednesday

July 13, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on European Affairs is scheduled on Wednesday to discuss the Greek bailout plan. […]

Lithuania’s social democrats lose popularity as liberals’ rating continue up

July 13, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Social Democratic Party has inched down in June while the opposition Liberal Movement continues to strengthen its position, a survey for DELFI has revealed. […]

Lithuania’s Labour Party holds rally to protest ATM fees

July 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Friday, representatives of the Labour Party held a symbolic rally outside the Vilnius headquarters of the biggest commercial banks operating in Lithuania – SEB, Swedbank and DNB. […]

Lithuania to accept 85 refugees from non third countries, vice-minister says

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania will accept 85 refugees from third countries, says Vice-Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius. EU interior minister are also scheduled to hold talks on the relocation of migrants from Greece and Italy on July 20. […]

Lithuania gets ready for refugee challenge

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

As the European Union launches talks on refugee distribution, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says accepting several hundred refugees is not only a challenge but also an opportunity to solve the problem of short workforce supply. […]

Foreign minister: Nobody should doubt Lithuania’s willingness to help refugees

July 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania is not seeking particular quotas or figures as regards the migrant issue, however, it wants the criteria according to which refugees are distributed among the member-states to be transparent and correspondent to the country’s actual possibilities of taking in people. […]