Achema
Politics

President signs bill on large deals by Orlen Lietuva, Achema, Telia Lietuva

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed into law a bill that opens the way for authorities to vet large deals by three privately-owned companies — Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva — and to block deals that are deemed a threat to national security. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis at the Press Conference on the LRT
Politics

Conservative MPs accuse ruling Farmer’s leader of hindering LRT probe

Conservative members of a commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) say that Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), is hindering the probe. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Gitanas Nausėda and Visvaldas Matijošaitis
Politics

Nausėda leads list of potential candidates for president – Delfi/Spinter poll

Economist Gitanas Nausėda took the lead on the list of potential candidates for president in the December poll of Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys), delfi.lt news portal said on Monday. […]

Audrius Siaurusevičius
Politics

Lithuanian ruling party’s leader aims to control public broadcaster – LRT CEO

Audrius Siaurusevičius, the director general of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), says that plans by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), to make public LRT documents made available to lawmakers prove that the politician seeks to control the public broadcaster. […]