Kaunas' Universities
Politics

PM expects Government to decide on university network overhaul next week

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects that the Cabinet will next week decide on a plan for streamlining the network of scientific and educational institutions. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis, Rebecca Harms
Politics

Lithuania’s law to help draw Brussels’ attention to Belarus’ N-plant problem – German MEP

A law passed by the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday to restrict electricity imports from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus will help attract more attention in Brussels to the project’s safety problems, Rebecca Harms, a leading German Greens politician, said in Vilnius on Friday. […]

Gintautas Paluckas, Mindaugas Sinkevičius
Politics

Paluckas, Sinkevičius compete in run-off for SocDem leader

Vilnius Vice-Mayor Gintautas Paluckas and Lithuanian Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius are facing each other in a run-off election for the post of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) leader as voting starts on Thursday. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Persons in contact with Bastys aimed to change Lithuanian geopolitical course

Persons who maintained close contacts with Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys aimed to change the country’s geopolitical course, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, said in his presentation of the conclusions of the probe. […]