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Political analyst: S. Skvernelis wants to jump from one post to another

When looking at the political field for the last few days and the behaviour of the Prime Minister (PM) Saulius…

8 years ago
  • Society

HealthMin to take steps to ensure hormone therapy for transgender people

The Lithuanian Health Ministry plans to take steps to ensure that transgender people have access to proper hormone replacement therapy…

8 years ago
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Skvernelis: I apologise for jealousy scene was caused by Landsbergis

When Algirdas Sysas, a Social Democrat, said that the Prime Minister (PM) "missed his chance to stay silent" and he…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian healthmin favours decriminalization of cannabis use

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurėlijus Veryga does not support the legalization of cannabis, but he backs a proposal to decriminalize the…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Minister of health asks producers cut medication prices

Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has asked pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for Lithuania, while representatives of the manufacturers say…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania again readying for joint acquisitions of medicine with foreign countries

Lithuania's Health Care Minister Aurelijus Veryga is attending an informal meeting of health ministers of the Visegrad countries, Croatia, Lithuania…

8 years ago
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Social Democrats employ special tactic against “Farmers” to effect

During the weekend Social Democrat presidium meeting the Social Democrat Chairman Algirdas Butkevičius expressed anger that the Farmer and Greens…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Healthmin lifts minimum area requirement for pharmacies

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has lifted the requirement for pharmacies operating in cities and towns to have an overall…

8 years ago
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Karbauskis explained why medicine is more expensive in Lithuania than in Poland

On February 13 the Peasant and Greens Union presented the outline of reforms aimed at reducing the prices of pharmaceuticals…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Pharmacies to be put under obligation to sell certain amount of cheapest drugs

In an effort to encourage pharmacies to offer clients the cheapest suitable medication, pharmacies in Lithuania will be put under…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania plans to regulate by law home births

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has set up a working group that has until next summer to come up with…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania to treat rare diseases in EU

Lithuanians who have mandatory health insurance will be able to undergo treatment of extremely rare diseases in other countries of…

8 years ago
  • Economy

President sees medicines prices reduction as test of confidence for new healthm

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė thinks that problems regarding government-subsidized medicines have been "maliciously ignored" until now and that this issue…

8 years ago
  • Society

Heath Ministry plans to regulate home births

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Wednesday that he will appoint a working group to draw up legislation to…

8 years ago
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Minister “ban everything” – will absurd situations not occur?

The new government, it would appear, intends to start its work with harsh restrictions. Their newest idea – to ban…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Specialized liquor stores could open in Lithuania in 2018 – HealthMin

Specialized retail stores for alcoholic beverages could be opened in Lithuania in 2018, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said. [...]

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s 17th Government takes oath

After the parliament on Tuesday approved the government's program, the country's 17th Cabinet headed by Saulius Skvernelis took oath. [...]

8 years ago
  • Economy

Specialized alcohol stores would wipe out small shops – small businesses

Small-scale entrepreneurs say they would go bankrupt, if alcohol was moved out of food stores to specialized shops, as proposed…

8 years ago
  • Politics

New HealthMin sees proposal to store embryos forever as compromise

Lithuanian Health Minister-designate Aurelijus Veryga on Tuesday described as a compromise the Peasant and Green Union's new proposal to allow…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Amendments banning embryo freezing in Lithuania submitted to Seimas

Amendments to Lithuania's new Law on Assisted Reproduction, which has not yet come into force, are submitted to the parliament…

8 years ago