CORPORATE

Lithuanian Railways to be restructured

Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius said that the state-managed Lithuanian Railways company will be restructured according to the European Commission‘s requirements. In this way, the company will avoid paying several tens of millions […]

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CORPORATE

Lithuanian political parties running up large debts

With elections in the offing, many of Lithuania‘s political parties are already mired in debt despite receiving large state subsidies, according to the Central Electoral Commission. The Liberal Movement ended 2015 in the worst financial […]

Antanas Guoga
Politics

Guoga says Liberal Movement corruption may go deeper than Masiulis

According to European Parliament member Antanas Guoga, who has become the temporary leader of the Liberal Movement following the potential bribery scandal that prompted Eligijus Masiulis to step down, Masiulis may not have been the only person involved in potentially corrupt activities. […]

EU external policy chief Federica Mogherini
European Union

A fragmented foreign policy leads to a weakened European Union

The Lisbon Treaty was designed to fundamentally alter the Common Foreign and Security Policy. At last, the EU was supposed to have the answer to Kissinger’s famous question: who do you call if you wish to speak with Europe? Solidarity, enhanced cooperation and streamlined decision-making were the future. At the end of the line, a stronger European Union with a new global standing awaited. […]

Leaders of the coalition parties after 2012 elections
CORPORATE

How Lithuania’s political landscape has changed

Lithuania’s political landscape has changed radically since the last time voters went to the polls with a variety of different factors transforming the political currents in the country. […]

Nadiya Savchenko
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian “Savchenko List” will have about 20 sanctioned Russian officials

Lithuania is developing a so-called Savchenko List that will include about two dozen Russian officials who were involved in the detention and criminal prosecution of Ukrainian war pilot Nadiya Savchenko. […]