On Tuesday, China Merchants Group (CMG), a Chinese state-owned transportation, logistics, real estate and financial conglomerate, confirmed that it will continue with plans to invest in Lithuania, Verslo Žinios reports. […]
The currently existing value-added tax (VAT) of 21 percent can stand to be reduced, believes Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Lithuania should put a pause on raising the minimum wage in order to sustain its economic growth. […]
Lithuania is rapidly approaching its commitment to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defence, said Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL), a political party representing Lithuania’s Polish minority, has suggested implementing new taxes on bank assets and major retail chains’ turnover based on similar moves in Poland. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has claimed what he sees as the Lithuanian President’s negative attitude towards his government started when the Social Democrats refused to form a coalition government with Conservatives. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has asked his energy minister to find out if it is technically possible to restrict the supply of electricity from Belarus’ new nuclear power plant, which is part of the so-called BRELL energy ring that also includes the Baltic countries and Russia. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a preliminary report from lawyers he received on Wednesday concludes that Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas has not violated any laws. Still, the prime minister says he sees “ethical and moral” missteps on Trečiokas’ part, without commenting on whether he will ask for the minister’s resignation. […]
Replacing the government months before general elections would be “irresponsible”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday, after the Social Democratic Party had accused her of attempts to overthrow PM Algirdas Butkevičius‘ cabinet. […]
After a stream of allegations of misconduct and corruption against the Government, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and the Social Democrats have changed their approach by starting to fight back against what they see as a sustained campaign by Lithuania‘s President, according to two political scientists interviewed by Lietuvos Rytas. […]
After a recent stand-off between the Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on the one side and President Dalia Grybauskaitė on the other, analysts wonder who of the two massively popular politicians will suffer a greater hit on their ratings. […]
Minister of Environment Kęstutis Trečiokas, a member of the Order and Justice party, denied lying in the case surrounding the Government’s approval of a raising of restrictions on construction in the resort town of Druskininkai. He said he would not resign from the post. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister has claimed that Lithuania’s president has been blackening the government’s name ahead of official visits to other EU countries by the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said that if it were to become clear that Minister of the Environment Kęstutis Trečiokas had lied in comments about his relationship with Druskininkai mayor Ričardas Malinauskas, he would be asked to resign. […]
The idea of building a metro network in Vilnius, which some in the city have been considering for many years, could be implemented using exclusively private investment without any government funds, according to supporters of the idea. They also claim that several foreign companies have expressed interest in building a metro system for Vilnius. […]
It has been reported that the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has received information about 150 Swiss bank accounts held by Lithuanians in the Swiss branch of one of the world’s largest banks, HSBC. […]
The Social Democrats claimed on Friday that Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been subjecting Lithuania’s coalition to “obvious and continued pressure” which the party said may be aimed at making the current government resign. […]
On Friday, four of five education trade unions called off their two-week strike, which had begun in an attempt to raise teachers’ wages. […]
The teachers’ trade unions involved in the nearly two-week-long strike for higher wages in Lithuania have announced that they are prepared to call off their strike as early as Friday. Audrius Jurgelevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Education Trade Union, told LRT that he believes that the trade unions have achieved 75 percent of their goals after the government managed to find an additional €8 million to increase educational staff’s wages. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claims that the teachers’ trade unions on strike in Lithuania could have been influenced or inspired by Russia has attracted considerable attention. When describing how some members of the teachers’ trade unions attended certain conferences in Russia, the prime minister rhetorically asked, “Who can deny that, after that, some of their suggestions and desires are implemented here in Lithuania?” […]
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