Council of Women World Leaders Archives

Lithuanian women not given chance to actively participate in decision-making process: president

January 24, 2019 Xinhua 0

There are a lot of competent women in Lithuania who can hold offices of ministers or other important positions, however, women in the Baltic country are not given the opportunity to more actively participate in the process of decision making, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]

PM dismisses criticism of gender inequality in his all-men cabinet

January 14, 2019 Xinhua 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Friday dismissed criticism that Lithuania might become the only country in Europe where women are absent from the cabinet of ministers. […]

Lithuanian president invites women leaders to conference in Vilnius

November 29, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday invited women politicians to an international conference on equality to be held in Vilnius next summer. […]

Lithuanian president off to Iceland for women leaders’ conference

November 28, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay a two-day visit to Reykjavik on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with her Icelandic counterpart, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, and deliver a speech at a high-level conference of women political leaders from around the globe. […]

A salary is no longer enough: people are looking for extra jobs

September 20, 2022 0

Not everyone can live on their salary, so they are looking for extra jobs. Labour market experts say the popularity of additional jobs is growing but predict that their demand will increase even more in […]

Sekmokas: while Russia is stuck in Ukraine, we urgently need to make one step

September 12, 2022 0

Former Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas, speaking about the current energy dilemma in Lithuania, says that there are many problems. Still, the biggest ones are the dependence on the control room in Moscow and the lack […]

Economists warn of rising wages and unemployment: no longer able to keep up

September 5, 2022 0

Wage growth in Lithuania remains in double digits. According to Sodra, in the second quarter of this year, people’s incomes grew by 14%. However, this is almost seven per cent less than the rise in […]

Nausėda on the ban on tourist visas for Russians

August 25, 2022 0

President Gitanas Nausėda argues that the consequences of the Russian-led war in Ukraine must be felt not only by the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, and therefore fully supports the proposal to ban the issuance of […]

Integrating children returning from abroad into Lithuanian schools – a team effort

August 25, 2022 0

Although Lithuanians living abroad return to Lithuania throughout the year, families with children usually arrive before autumn – the timing of their return is determined by the start of the school year on 1 September. […]

Is Russia’s energy blackmail no longer a headache for Lithuania?

August 23, 2022 0

Although work in the energy sector is not yet complete and electricity prices are at record highs, we will certainly not have to sit by candlelight. The LNG terminal Independence has solved the gas supply […]