Politics
Lithuanian PM’s popularity falls again in new poll
Lithuania’s social democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been gradually losing voters’ favour, a new poll suggests. […]
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Energy
EU must be united on Belarus nuclear plant, Lithuanian PM tells Juncker
The European Union has to speak with once voice about the safety of a new nuclear power plant that Belarus is building in Astravyets, close to its border with Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said during a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday. […]
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Lithuanian-Chinese relationship presents opportunities for growth – Butkevičius
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with People’s Republic of China State Council member Yang Jing on Thursday. The two leaders discussed developing the bilateral relationship between Lithuania and China, the countries’ cooperation in the “China+16” […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM to discuss Belarus nuclear plant, dairy crisis with Juncker
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is to meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss the critical situation in the country’s dairy sector and raise the issue of the safety of Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear power plant on Friday. […]
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What has Lithuania’s ruling coalition decided to do on VAT rates?
Lithuania’s ruling coalition has said value-added tax rates will not be changed but that worker’s non-taxable income level will be increased to €310. Order and Justice chairman Rolandas Paksas announced these plans after the ruling […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of the Interior resigns
Lithuania’s Vice-Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius, who was in charge of migration matters, has resigned, the interior minister confirmed on Tuesday. […]
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Dark skies for parties ahead of Lithuanian parliamentary elections – except for Peasant and Greens Union
A bit more than four months are left until the Lithuanian parliamentary elections. Recent scandals have rocked the Liberal Movement party’s support, but nearly all parties have recently experienced scandals or missteps that have cast […]
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Lithuanian Railways to be restructured
Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius said that the state-managed Lithuanian Railways company will be restructured according to the European Commission‘s requirements. In this way, the company will avoid paying several tens of millions […]
European Union
Ukraine, Georgia ‘must be granted visa-free travel soon’ – Lithuanian PM in Prague
The European Union (EU) should grant Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travels as soon as possible, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said at a meeting with Czech Parliamentary Speaker Jan Jamacek in Prague on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM supports exception making dual citizenship referendum easier to pass
The leader of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, supports the idea of making an exception and lowering the threshold of the necessary number of votes in the planned referendum on dual citizenship. […]
Politics
Society
Parliament to pass new ‘social model’ with updated Labour Code by July
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that an agreement has been reached with the leaders of all of the Seimas‘ parliamentary groups on the adoption of a so-called new social model, a package of laws including a new Labour Code, by July. […]
Economy
Lithuania ‘bombarding’ EC about aid for its dairy farmers
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the government is making an effort to secure assistance from the European Commission for the country’s dairy farmers. […]
Society
Economy
Retailer markups not euro to blame for price hikes – Lithuanian PM
Food prices in Lithuanian supermarkets have grown because retailers have increased their margins, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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Prime Minister to step down as Social Democrat leader if party loses election
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has promised to step down as the leader of the Social Democratic Party if the party has to return to the opposition benches after the upcoming parliamentary elections. Butkevičius said […]
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Issue of rising food prices to be discussed by Lithuanian government
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will be holding a meeting on Monday to discuss food pricing changes in stores in Lithuania. He said that Statistics Lithuania had not observed any large monthly price changes, but he […]
Politics
New poll shows major shifts in Lithuanian political parties support
A new poll has revealed surprising shifts in Lithuania’s political landscape with government parties’ support slumping. […]
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Butkevičius accuses former Lithuanian prime minister of impoverishing middle class
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius used the occasion of the launch of the government’s annual report to accuse former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, former leader and the head of the Christian Democrats – Homeland Union […]
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Lithuanian analysts highly critical of government’s performance and report
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius presented a report on the government’s achievements in 2015 to the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday but analysts were highly critical. Analysts said that the report was less about reviewing the government’s […]