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Lithuanian PM to have adviser on equality

January 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian prime minister‘s team has been expanded by creating the position of adviser on equality issues. Auksė Kontrimienė has been appointed to the new position. […]

PM Algirdas Butkevičius and his wife Janina

Lithuania’s social democratic PM says family is key priority for his government

January 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius delivered a speech on Sunday at a Catholic family event in Šiauliai. He said the event showed the importance of the family institution in the lives of the nation and church. […]

Viktor Uspaskich and Algirdas Butkevičius

Lithuanian PM to have serious conversation with Labour Party

January 2, 2015 ELTA 0

2015 should be a quieter year in Lithuania’s political life, although the Government can never expect an uncomplicated year, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He believes that the Coalition will face a number of challenges and first of all because of the geopolitical situation. […]

Lithuania expects economic and political stability in the euro zone

January 1, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government hopes that the euro adopted on Thursday will guarantee economic and political security for Lithuania, while the neighboring countries see the accession as an achievement of the entire euro zone. […]

PM explains confusion about Lithuania’s defence funding in 2015

December 31, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Commenting on the discrepancies between the defence funding figures provided by different institutions, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that additional funding for defence will be strictly used according to NATO standards. […]

Key tasks for Lithuanian government in 2015: new markets, energy projects and repatriation

December 30, 2014 BNS 0

Key tasks of the Lithuanian government next year will include search for new markets, fight against shadow economy and successful implementation of energy projects, the prime minister has said. […]

PM says he threatened to resign unless Lithuania embraced euro

December 30, 2014 BNS 0

Adopting the euro will benefit Lithuania’s domestic businesses and households and will also help lure more foreign investment to the country, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said. He has recalled the initial difficulties of convincing other politicians to have the euro which almost cost him his post. […]

PM singles out euro adoption and LNG terminal as Lithuania’s top projects of 2014

December 29, 2014 BNS 0

Changeover to the euro and the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, as a sign of the country’s growing energy independence from Russia, have become Lithuania’s top projects of 2014, Prime Minister has said. […]

PM – Orlen Lietuva to end year successfully

December 27, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the situation in petroleum refining company Orlen Lietuva, which operated at a loss, has now stabilised. Decreasing oil prices next year are expected to contribute to the improvement of the company’s financial indicators. […]

Prime minister met with World Lithuanian Youth Association members

December 22, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Monday, 22 December, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius received representatives of the World Lithuanian Youth Association (PLJS). The prime minister together with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas answered questions of the participants of the meeting and discussed issues like defence funding, the search for new markets and the Lithuanian Innovation Development Programme for 2014-2020. […]

Lithuanian Social Democrats expect to win 20 mayoral seats next spring, prime minister says

December 21, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) next spring expects to win the mayoral race in 20 municipalities and to be supported by a stable number of voters in municipal council elections, despite the declining population, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the party’s leader, said on Saturday. […]

Lithuania to start exporting meat to US within six months, PM says

December 18, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s authorities have completed talks on meat exports with the United States’ officials, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said, adding that he expects that Lithuanian meat companies will be able to start supplying their products to the US market as early as in the first half of 2015. […]

Lithuanian prime minister discusses cooperation with China in Belgrade

December 17, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

While on a working visit in Belgrade, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, to discuss possibilities for closer political and economic cooperation, development of relations in transport, agriculture, and education, as well as China + 16 format and its outlook for the future, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

Lithuanian parliament passes 2015 budget second time

December 11, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament passed the state’s budget for 2015 for the second time on Thursday, with 79 votes in favour, 14 votes against and 34 abstentions. […]

Andrius Kubilius and Algirdas Butkevičius

Lithuanian PM rejects opposition leader’s accusations against his wife

December 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not relinquish plans to apply to prosecutors over LTL 400 million (EUR 116 million) which were squandered in the energy sector. He is also not worried about the comments made by opposition leader conservative Andrius Kubilius that the prime minister’s wife could have been responsible for the situation. […]

Lithuanian PM hopes for effective CIA prison probe

December 11, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said he hopes prosecutors will investigate reports that a secret CIA detention site could have been operated in Lithuania in 2005-2006. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania will have to accept responsibility, if CIA prison allegations prove correct

December 10, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said on Wednesday that the reports on alleged CIA-operated prison in Lithuania will have to be investigated by the Prosecutor General‘s Office, and if the information proves correct, Lithuania will have to take responsibility. […]