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Constitutional Court to open MP Bastys’ impeachment case
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court will Tuesday hold an open meeting to examine the impeachment case of MP Mindaugas Bastys. […]
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Conservative MPs want law to remove objects propagating Communism
Lithuania’s conservative MPs Audronius Ažubalis and Laurynas Kasčiūnas have proposed a separate law to require removal of all objects, if their name or content propagates communism or any other totalitarian regimes. […]
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Lithuania’s STT lists suspicions against Liberal Movement as final
Lithuania’s law-enforcement conducting a probe into corruption by MG Baltic concern and a few political parties say that the expanded suspicions against the Liberal Movement are final. The party’s acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas says the broader suspicions have to do with the upcoming election for new chairman. […]
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Lithuania: Kaunas to announce new tender for stadium after offers exceed projected price
The municipality of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas said on Thursday it would call a new tender for reconstruction of the Darius and Girėnas Stadium, as all of the seven offers exceeded the maximum price of 25 million euros. […]
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Prosecutors broaden suspicions against Liberal Movement in corruption case
In the framework of the pre-trial investigation into corruption allegations involving the MG Baltic concern and a few political parties, Lithuania’s prosecutors broadened the suspicions against the Liberal Movement. […]
Economy
Government raising budget spending by EUR 55 million
Lithuania’s government has decided to raise the next year’s budget spending by 55 million euros, as compared with the initial project, to be able to raise salaries for doctors and public servants, as well as provide more social assistance to municipalities, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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LFGU leader unhappy with LRT responses
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says he is not satisfied with the answers provided by the national radio and television company LRT to the answers from MPs, planning to take additional steps to obtain the information. […]
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Minister of economy terminates competition for tourism chief
Lithuania’s Economy Ministry has terminated the third competition for the top official of the Tourism Department, a move pledged by Virginijus Sinkevičius of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union before his appointment as economy minister. […]
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Preliminary deal reached to pay doctors 3 average salaries in 2020 – minister of health
The Lithuanian Health Ministry and health professionals’ organizations agreed on Thursday that salaries for doctors and other medical personnel should in the future be tied to the country’s average wage. […]
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Minister of health has no doubts about 20% pay rise for doctors next May
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says that there are no obstacles for raising salaries for doctors and other health professionals by 20 percent next May. […]
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Two more advisers join Lithuanian PM’s team
Artur Liudkovski, an economist and member of the City Council of Vilnius, will advise the prime minister on national minority matters and Juozas Bernatavičius will be in charge of disability affairs. […]
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MP Skardžius leaving Lithuanian Seimas Energy Commission
MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Social Democratic Labour group, is leaving the parliament’s Energy Commission after an anti-corruption watchdog found that he could have confused his private and public interests by working for the renewable resource sector. […]
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Seimas adopts corruption whistleblower protection law
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a law ensuring confidentiality of persons reporting corruption and other offenses of officers and public servants. The law should take effect in January of 2019. […]
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Sinkevičius sworn in as Lithuania’s new economy minister
Virginijus Sinkevičius was sworn in as Lithuania’s new economy minister in the parliament on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian auditor office: Unoptimized school network prevents wage rise for teachers
The current pace of optimization of the school network in Lithuania will not allow significant increase in wages for teachers, the State Audit Office said. […]
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Economy minister-designate set to restructure Tourism Dept, call new contest for chief
Lithuania’s economy minister-designate Virginijus Sinkevičius says that the Tourism Department should be restructured to become a public establishment, adding that the current competition for its director should be annulled. […]
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Lithuanians increasingly unhappy with health care, Veryga – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Lithuania’s society is growing increasingly unhappy with the country’s health care system and Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, shows a Vilmorus poll published in the daily newspaper Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]
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Popularity of Kaunas mayor still growing – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
The popularity of Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, continues growing, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian SocDems lose popularity – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Ratings of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives, TS-LKD) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) remain stable, while the Social Democrats in third suffered a decline in popularity, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian president appoints LFGU’s Sinkevičius as minister of economy (Updated)
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Virginijus Sinkevičius , chairman of the parliamentary Economic Committee and a member of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union, as the country’s economy minister. […]