Economy
Lithuanian Prime Minister supports controversial VAT cut proposal
The currently existing value-added tax (VAT) of 21 percent can stand to be reduced, believes Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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Politics
Lithuania’s major parties come together to oppose Belarus nuclear plant
Lithuania’s major political parties will work out an agreement to present a unified front opposing the threat posed by the construction of a new Belarus nuclear plant and to send a clear message that electricity from the plant will face restrictions. […]
Politics
Exchange of threats after second attempt at holding extraordinary Seimas session fails
The Seimas of Lithuania assembled for an extraordinary session on Thursday, but it ended shortly after the agenda, proposed by the opposition, was voted down. The indignant opposition says it will turn to the Constitutional Court. In retaliation, the Seimas speaker has threatened with disciplinary action over “disrespect” for the national anthem. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian opposition parties furious, draw parallels to Russian Duma
On Wednesday, the ruling parties in parliament voted down the opposition’s proposed agenda and blocked the possibility of an extraordinary parliamentary session to consider impeaching Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys as well as opening the floor to discussion of other recent scandals that have afflicted the ruling Social Democrats. […]
Politics
Conservatives call for impeachment of Labour MP Gapšys
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) intend to call an extraordinary session of the Seimas (parliament) on February 17 to launch impeachment procedures against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The only way to defeat Putin
A cloth voodoo doll with tiny button eyes depicting Vladimir Putin; a knife to cut it; a water bowl to drown it; pins and needles to prick it. And it all feels so good. It’s a perfect illustration of what the desks of certain politicians, reporters and analysts might look like who were writing about Russia in 2014 and 2015. […]
CORPORATE
Conservatives’ game of thrones weighing on party’s prospects
With general elections approaching, the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, one of Lithuania’s major political parties, is facing the prospect of another term in opposition. […]
Politics
Politics
Why did Darius Raulušaitis withdraw from the Prosecutor General’s Office?
On Tuesday, the General Prosecutor’s Office reported that Darius Raulušaitis, who had been serving as a temporary Prosecutor General, withdrew from the Prosecutor General’s Office. D. Raulušaitis had held the position since June, when former Prosecutor General Darius Valys’ term ended. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s ruling parties usurped legislation, opposition complains
Almost 5,000 legislative bills have been registered at the Lithuanian parliament since it took oath in 2012. A third of them have been proposed by the ruling Social Democratic Party. The opposition says that the governing majority has usurped the legislative process and do not want to discuss their proposals, lzinios.lt reports. […]
Politics
Opposition leader: next year’s budget will ruin Lithuania’s reputation
There are good things in next year’s budget, like the increase of national defence budget, but Lithuania will also begin to lose its reputation with international financial institutions and finance markets, Andrius Kubilius, the leader of the opposition in the Seimas (parliament), told Žinių Radijas radio. […]
Economy
Opposition leader criticises ‘trite attitude’ towards Lithuania’s budget
After the second reading of the draft state budget, leader of the Seimas opposition Andrius Kubilius criticised the governing parties for their “trite attitude” towards the findings of the National Audit Office and the European Commission. […]
Politics
MP Kubilius says Ukrainian president’s advisory council he is on works ‘theoretically’ only
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko‘s advisory council works only theoretically, Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats says. […]
Foreign affairs
Polish president picks Estonia for his first visit, snubbing Lithuania
Poland‘s new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York. […]
Politics
Lithuanian opposition parties to snub national agreement on emigration
A national agreement on emigration, initiated by Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party, has failed to secure the support of the country’s key political parties. Major opposition parties have no plans of signing it, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
Politics
Opposition on president’s address: She does not expect problems to be solved by this government
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not say much about the government’s work in her State of the Nation Address on Thursday as she hardly expects anything from it, the Seimas opposition says. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian PM says Russia’s “black list” is part of propaganda war
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the “black list” of European Union officials prepared by Russia is part of the propaganda war. […]
Politics
Opposition suggests Lithuanian parliament speaker to re-evaluate her deputy
Andrius Kubilius, Leader of the Seimas Opposition, has proposed that Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, re-evaluate whether Vydas Gedvilas may continue holding the position of First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas. […]
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Ukrainian president appoints Lithuania’s former PM to advisory council
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Lithuania’s ex-PM Andrius Kubilius as member of the advisory council for reforms, according to a decree published on the president’s official website on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Opposition leader evaluates government work: 4 out of 10
Lithuanian Seimas opposition leader Andrius Kubilius gave evaluated the work of the Government led by Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius with a mark of four out of ten. […]