Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) has opened a pre-trial investigation into possible abuse based on the conclusions of the parliamentary Anti-Corruption Commission about creation of the electronic health system. […]
Lithuania’s government intends to revise the scheme of accumulating food reserves for cases of war or other emergencies. Some MPs believe that Lithuania, as a member of the European Union, is still accumulating the reserve by the principles of the Soviet Union, suggesting to change the scheme to fit NATO standards. […]
As part of its article dedicated to the Marshal Plan for Ukraine, which was initiated by us, the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail cites an article by Michael Carpenter, Adviser to former US Vice President Joe Biden, where he praises our initiative. I was thus impelled to get a hold of the entire article by Carpenter. The article was published in the final issue of Foreign Policy, one of the most influential magazines worldwide and one that is most widely read by foreign policy experts. […]
A new prime minister was appointed in Poland and the country’s ministerial cabinet was reshuffled. International policy commenters in Europe predict more moderate Polish policy. How will Polish foreign policy change and what influence could […]
Security policy experts are gathering in Lithuania on Thursday for an annual Snow Meeting to discuss key challenges faced by the transatlantic community and responses to these challenges. […]
From the very start when Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia in 1999 and his supporting OCG (organised criminal group) formed out of KGB agents and oligarchs, this state and its policies became a […]
Lithuanians have adapted well to the European Union‘s economic sanctions on Russia and its retaliatory bans on European imports. Though the export of Lithuanian origin goods to Russia has almost halved since the Crimean annexation […]
As it is almost clear that that UK banks, investment managers, payment service providers and other financial institutions will lose their “passporting rights” to do business in the European Union, Lithuania competes in attracting international financial companies leaving the UK. The Northern country uses the opportunity to become the forefront of financial technologies in the region and there are many reasons to believe about this success. An attractive legal and technological environment, business minded and advanced supervisory authority open to financial market innovations, qualified and competitive workforce, opportunities to operate across the EU basing from Lithuania – that‘s what put Lithuania to one of the best places on the global FinTech map already now. […]
European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania has expressed support to the position stated by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on the need to resume the political contacts with Russia, following the example of other European Union (EU) nations and institutions. […]
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to visit Vilnius in March in a sign of improving bilateral relations long strained by disagreements over the ethnic minorities situation. […]
The Lithuanian and Polish prime ministers had a telephone conversation on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation in the European Union. […]
There is no evidence of poorer quality of food products supplied to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, says Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, European commissioner from Lithuania in charge of health and food safety. […]
“How should people view the government when prosecutors and Special Investigations Service officers receive raises, but resident doctors, teachers and higher education school lecturers get nothing. Just think, how would they act?” Liberal Movement leader, […]
The answer to the question whether Lithuanian politicians wish to interfere with the business transactions of private companies is becoming clear. The Seimas Committee of Economy voted for the strategic company regulation legislative project to […]
The statement by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis that there is a need to establish contacts with Russia turned heads – what has changed? After all quite recently he described Social Democrat chairman Gintautas Paluckas who […]
Lithuania’s government will decide on an appeal to the European Union‘s (EU) court to annul the European Commission‘s (EC) instruction for Lithuania to pay around 11.3 million euros for allegedly poor administration of support to agriculture. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says he sees no potential for major changes in the relations with Russia until Moscow revises its position. […]
Lithuania should this year make contacts with representatives of the Russian administration, says the country’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, dismissing the current isolation policies as detrimental and unique in the European Union (EU). […]
Lithuania’s residents and historians believe that the three figures with the main contribution to the country’s statehood over the past century include Jonas Basanavičius, the father of national rebirth, Supreme Council Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis and interwar president Antanas Smetona. […]
Here are some of the major events to watch for in Lithuania’s politics, culture and society in 2018: […]
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