A meeting of Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Minister of Education Audronė Pitrėnienė on Wednesday morning did not produce an agreement to set aside additional €7 million for teachers‘ salaries. Instead, the government has pledged to find €2 million to meet striking teachers’ demands. […]
Lithuania’s law enforcement said on Tuesday they dropped an investigation that involved the minister of environment as a special witness and threatened to derail the government. […]
The Ministry of Education and Science (ŠMM) has promised to find €6 million to increase teachers’ wages in response to a teachers’ strike that has been going on since last week. An additional €7 million will be requested from the government. […]
Corruption suspicions in several Lithuanian ministries have severely damaged the government’s ratings, a new poll shows. Popularity of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his party, the Social Democrats, has suffered as well. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius called on the other Baltic States and the European Commission to step up efforts to make sure that a nuclear power plant being built by Belarus in Astravyets complies with safety standards. […]
While new restrictions on the retail hours for alcohol sales were approved on Monday, more work needs to be put into education as changes in the law will not solve the problem alone, said Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on LRT radio. […]
Lithuania’s ruling coalition says its parties have agreed that the social model liberalizing the labor market should be approved as soon as possible. The issue was discussed at the ruling coalition’s political council on Tuesday. […]
As teachers across Lithuania continue a strike, demanding higher wages, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claims trade unions behind the strike are “influenced by Russia“. […]
The ministers of environment and agriculture will have to go if they are caught lying about investigations they are currently subject to, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has suggested on Monday evening after meeting with the president. […]
On Tuesday, the Social Democratic party will hold a political council meeting to ascertain whether the Labour Party supports the Government’s decisions regarding teachers’ wages and the social model being considered by the Seimas (parliament). […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with representatives of teachers‘ unions on Friday, urging them to postpone a planned strike for a few months. However, unions say they will go on with the plan to hold a strike on Monday. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party continues to top popularity rankings, despite recent stories of suspected corruption among its ranks, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is fuelling political crises in the country instead of seeking stability and balance, says European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the honorary chairman of the Social Democratic Party. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius was questioned by Special Investigation Service (STT) officers investigating construction fraud in Druskininkai. […]
On Thursday Lithuanian Algirdas Butkevičius is leaving for a week-long official visit to India and while it should be a journey in search of new markets for Lithuanian companies, there is not a single entrepreneur accompanying the prime minister on the visit. […]
The prime minister has to take responsibility for corruption scandals that have rattled his cabinet in recent months, said Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė after meeting with PM Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday morning. […]
It is good practice that Lithuanian politicians who have done something wrong are forced out of their ministerial posts, according to political scientist Lauras Bielinis. […]
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