Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Politics

Health minister decides to step down amidst pressure from president and PM

Both the Lithuanian president and the prime minister said on Friday that Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė of the Social Democrats should step down amid corruption suspicions. The minister said she would hand in a letter of resignation and wait for the prime minister’s decision. […]

Gazprom
CORPORATE

EU to demand veto on Gazprom deals with EU countries including Lithuania

The EU is seeking new powers to vet gas contracts between Russia and EU countries like Lithuania and the Baltic States before they are signed in an effort to curb the influence of Gazprom on European Union gas markets. […]

A senior citizen in Vilnius
Economy

Indexed pensions may not help Lithuanian pensioners, whose payouts are among Europe’s lowest

Even the €8 increase in the average pension will not help pensioners in Lithuania, who receive one of the most frugal pensions in Europe. President Dalia Grybauskaitė is encouraging lawmakers to index pensions, which would make them increase together with growing average wages in the nation, and the prime minister, Algirdas Butkevičius, believes that indexing pensions would make them grow by up to 6 or 7 percent. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

British report linking Putin to poisoning of Litvinenko doesn’t surprise Grybauskaitė

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is not surprised by the findings in the British High Court judge’s report concerning the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko and says that the document is further proof of how unpredictable Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, have become. […]

President Grybauskaitė lit the sign #laisve
Politics

“Let this victory be an inexhaustible source of inspiration” – Grybauskaitė

As Lithuania marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic events of 13 January 1991 and Freedom Defenders Day, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has emphasised that a quarter of a century ago Lithuania achieved one of its biggest victories which also was an unforgettable historic lesson demonstrating that independence and freedom can only be defended if people are united. […]