Saulius Skvernelis, Ramūnas Karbauskis
Politics

Government coalition unchanged after Farmers, Conservatives agree on forest reform

The leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) says that the makeup of the government coalition remains unchanged after the senior coalition partner on Tuesday signed a deal with the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats under which the opposition party will back the government’s planned state forest management reform in exchange for a reduced VAT rate on district heating and hot water services. […]

Šaltinis
Politics

MPs turn to experts over name-spelling

Expert conclusions will be requested in connection to the legal amendments that would allow the original spelling of first and last names in ID documents of Lithuanian citizens. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Algirdas Butkevičius
Economy

PM sees Social Democrats’ initiative on VAT on heating as ‘slap in the face’

A draft amendment tabled by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union’s junior ruling coalition partner, to reintroduce a reduced VAT rate on district heating and hot water services is “a slap in the face”, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]

Handshake
Politics

President signs new lobbyism bill into law

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the parliament-approved bill on lobbyist operations into law. […]

Forestries workers staged a protest in the front of Seimas
Politics

Farmers wants Seimas panel to look at why state forest reform stalls

The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) wants the Seimas to set up a parliamentary investigation commission to look into who, and why, stand in the way of the Environment Ministry’s planned state forest management reform. […]