Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Health is to draft an action plan for a concerted effort to fight alcoholism within less than a month, the government decided during a cabinet meeting on Monday. […]
Increased efforts to tackle tax evasion and the black market led to a significant increase in tax revenues for the Lithuanian government in 2015, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
The Lithuanian government is to draft legislation restricting the sale of alcohol in non-grocery stores, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said. […]
Demographic experts attacked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius for saying that increased emigration from Lithuania was down to military conscription, pointing instead to low wages and long term emigration trends as the key reasons behind the increase. […]
As the general elections approach, Lithuania’s political parties have become acutely aware of fluctuations in their popularity ratings. The social democrats, the biggest party in the current ruling coalition, continue to top survey results, but will that translate into votes and, eventually, into parliamentary seats? […]
Military conscription, which was reinstated in Lithuania last year, was one of the reasons behind a hike in emigration, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes. […]
Though a wave of discontent spread though the ruling coalition when Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius was appointed to be Lithuania’s representative to the EU’s Court of Auditors, it seems like those waves are subsiding. […]
On Monday, the latest list of Lithuanian men selected for the draft will be published. Though the list will include 3,000 men, 600 have already volunteered to fill those positions. Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas expressed his hope that, in 2016, the Lithuanian military’s draft requirements will once again be met by volunteers. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said there would be no negotiation with his coalition partners of a replacement for Social Democrat Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius, who has been proposed as a candidate for the membership at the European Court of Auditors. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius hopes that the Lithuanian Parliament will adopt the new social model, a package of Labour Code and welfare system reforms, in its spring session which commences in March. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is critical about the so-called social model, an ambitious Labour Code reform undertaken by the current government. The package of laws was drafted and submitted to parliament last year, but has yet to be adopted. […]
The ban on selling alcohol in petrol stations, which came into effect on January 1, is just a “small step” in the effort against alcoholism, says Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He adds that the government will take more measures to cut the use of alcohol. […]
The Lithuanian parliament should adopt a new law, allowing Lithuanian nationals to spell their names using non-Lithuanian characters in ID documents such as passports, in its spring plenary, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said. […]
After a tragedy in Kėdainiai District when a father killed his two children by throwing them into a well, the government will consider giving more power to the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told LRT radio. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius ordered the Ministry of Social Security and Labour to carry out an investigation whether there was a proper control over the actions regarding families at risk, what measures have been taken to put an end to domestic violence, after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district. […]
The Lithuanian parliament, with the blessing of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, approved a generous government budget for the year 2016 but views of whether such a budget is prudent are mixed. […]
Corruption allegations made against the Order and Justice party, one of the governing coalition partners, does not threaten the government, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. The party’s future in the coalition will be considered only after a legal verdict is passed. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that Norway‘s gas company Statoil will lower the price Lithuania is paying for liquefied natural gas (LNG). After Litgas, Lithuania’s state-owned gas company, concludes negotiations with Statoil, consumers can expect price drops, he said on Monday. […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes