President Grybauskaitė met with members of the US Congress
Defence

Lithuanian leaders call on US politicians to endorse Eastern Europe defence plan

Lithuania backs the US initiative to strengthen NATO capabilities in the Baltic States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said after a meeting with US congressmen on Friday. […]

Jaroslav Neverovič and Dalia Grybauskaitė
Opinion

Opinion: Will Cytacka save Lithuania?

In the context of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, it is very important for Lithuania and other countries in the region to maintain domestic political stability. Otherwise it would be relatively easy to induce regional unrest by artificially stirring up dissatisfied factions of their societies. […]

Jaroslav Neverovič and Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian prime minister insists he will not reappoint sacked energy minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius insisted on Wednesday he would not re-appoint Jaroslav Neverovič, the recently sacked Minister of Energy, if his party, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), delegated him once again. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Economy

Lithuanian prime minister says no VAT cuts

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that VAT rates on agricultural products will not be reduced. […]

SGD terminalo krantinė
Energy

No delays in Klaipėda LNG terminal construction

The construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Klaipėda continues without delays, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has assured, adding that disputes with Latvia’s BMGS, the contractor in the facility’s jetty project, have been resolved. […]