Prime Minister Butkevičius   Photo Ludo Segers
Foreign affairs

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visits Washington

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started his visit to the US capital on 6 October with a busy schedule. […]

Defence

Lithuania’s governing coalition backs 400m litas defence budget increase

National defence funding will be increased by 400 million litas (over EUR 115 million) next year, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday after the ruling coalition’s Friday discussion of the 2015 national budget. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Donald Tusk
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian PM optimistic about relations with Poland

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Monday congratulated Poland‘s new Prime Minister Ewa Kopasz and welcomed Polish politicians’ recent attention to Lithuania. […]

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Energy

Lithuanian PM expects new shale gas taxation rules to be adopted this autumn

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that the government and the parliament will approve new rules for taxing shale gas exploration and production this autumn. He also hopes the rules will be favourable for investors and will open the way for launching a new tender for a shale gas production license. […]