Gitanas Nausėda
Politics

About the status of G. Nausėda, the Chief Advisor of the President of SEB Lithuania, the letter by MP Ž. Pavilionis

Mr. Peter Wallenberg, President of Wallenberg Foundations AB, and Mr. Magnus Schöldtz, Senior Advisor on international and government affairs.Your Foundation is one of the largest and most respectable investors in our country’s economy. I can bravely say that you are symbolizing investment in the Baltic countries from Scandinavia. This investment not only helped us to develop economic, but also the democracy in our country. […]

Kęstutis Navickas
Politics

Lithuania’s environment minister stepped aside from decisions on ex employer – ethics guards

Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas duly stepped aside from the decisions to earmark support to his former employer and consequently did not violate the law, the Chief Official Ethics Commission concluded on Wednesday. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

PM hits back at president’s criticism over implementation of reforms

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Monday hit back at criticism that the government “lacks capacity” to implement laws, saying that the president’s office apparently thus tries to compensate for its lack of action. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker expects parties to sign deal on defence funding

Amid disagreements of Lithuania’s opposition on further commitment among parties to raise defence funding, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis expressed hope for the deal to be signed. […]

Gintautas Paluckas
Politics

SocDems to propose candidate for president, Paluckas not to run for EP

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose a candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, the party’s council decided at its meeting on Saturday. […]