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Economy
Lithuanian PM looking for EUR 29.5m to raise government employees’ salaries
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the Government is looking for LTL 102 million (EUR 29.5 million) in next year’s budget in order to raise salaries for government employees working under employment contracts. […]
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Northern Future Forum discusses innovative business training and Britain’s drive to reform EU
Northern Future Forum (NFF) took place on 6 and 7 November in Helsinki. The Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb, had invited the prime ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom to discuss educational competitiveness, and promote innovative business activities. […]
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Lithuanian PM at NB8-British meeting: It is important to promote innovation culture
At the forum of Nordic, Baltic and British heads of Government, hosted by Finland, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius noted the importance of promoting innovations seeking to ensure sustainable economic development. […]
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Baltic, Nordic and British PMs to discuss economic challenges
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is leaving for Finland on Thursday to attend the fourth meeting of Baltic, Nordic and British prime ministers. […]
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Lithuanian PM congratulates Straujuma on reappointment as Latvia’s prime minister
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday congratulated Laimdota Straujuma on her appointment to head the Latvian Cabinet for the second consecutive term. […]
Energy
PM Butkevičius: Lithuania’s LNG terminal could supply gas beyond Baltic countries
Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipėda may supply gas not just to the Baltic countries but, if necessary, to other countries as well, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said at the 10th Lithuania-Belarus economic forum in Mogilev. […]
Foreign affairs
Political scientist says Lithuania should stay alert during PM’s visit to Belarus
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is visiting Belarus this week. While the visit is not exceptional in any way, Lithuania should stay alert and not consider Minsk a well-wishing neighbour, warns political scientist Vytis Jurkonis. […]
Politics
Opposition starts collecting signatures to remove Lithuania’s interior minister
The Seimas political groups of the Homeland Union and the Liberal Movement have initiated an interpellation to Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas and started collecting MPs’ signatures. […]
Politics
Lithuanian interior minister will have to resign if his associates are found guilty of corruption
If law enforcement agencies find that members of the Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas‘ team breached laws, the minister will have to assume moral responsibility and resign, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]
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Economy
US company Intermedix officially opens service centre in Kaunas
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius attended the opening ceremony of the international Intermedix service centre in Kaunas and congratulated the US company for choosing Lithuania for its expansion in Europe. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM says Order and Justice party will not quit coalition
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has denied speculations that if Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas resigns, his party, the Order and Justice, will leave the ruling coalition. […]
Economy
Lithuanian PM: Universal real estate tax is premature
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he opposed a universal tax on real estate. […]
Economy
PM apologizes to for massive traffic disruption in Vilnius during euro banknote delivery
Prime Minister has apologized to the residents of Vilnius for traffic disruption caused by the delivery of the first batch of euro banknotes during Wednesday rush hour. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM welcomes new Norwegian ambassador
On Wednesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed Dag Malmer Halvorsen, ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, in Vilnius. […]
Politics
President would not comment on whether Lithuanian interior minister should resign
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on the suitability of Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas to continue as interior minister. Meanwhile Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has asked the minister to stay on until investigation into corruption at the ministry is concluded. […]
Energy
Klaipėda port ready to receive floating LNG unit, Lithuanian PM says
The port of Klaipėda is ready to receive the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) of the Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, even if it docked today, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM disappointed with coalition for refusing to lift tax exemptions on heating
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the ruling coalition has left room for populism in the future when it rejected proposals to lift VAT exemption on heating. He says that the coalition should deliberate whether it has enough political will to admit that the VAT exemption should be left in place for an indefinite period. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Social Democrats lose popularity but retain lead in opinion polls
If general elections were held now, 18.8 percent of people would vote for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]