Society
Ban on mobile phones in pedestrian crossings proposed in Lithuania
Amendments have been registered at the parliament, banning the use of mobile devices on pedestrian crossings. […]
Farmers and Greens Union
Society
Lithuanians disapprove of Labor Code, approval of PM, ruling party falls – BNS/RAIT survey
Lithuanians do not approve of the Labor Code and their confidence in the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is declining, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
Economy
President signs Labour Code amendments into law
President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed into law amendments to the country’s new Labour Code. […]
Politics
MP Sakaliene leaves ruling party’s group in parliament to join Liberals
MP Dovile Sakaliene has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) in the Seimas and joint the group of the opposition Liberal Movement. […]
Opinion
The Farmers succeeded: the Social Democrats did a flip
The coalition of Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democrats did not seem very stable at first glance, their stability was questioned by PM Saulius Skvernelis. However, a vote on the amendments to the […]
Economy
Karbauskis wants Govt to start preparations for specialized alcohol stores
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has called for the government to be put under the obligation to draft legal acts by mid-2018 that are necessary for establishing specialized alcohol stores. […]
Politics
Skvernelis, Karbauskis see their approval ratings fall
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis saw his public approval rating drop to 60 percent in April, down by six percentage points from a month ago, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
CORPORATE
Education reform: the signatures of the President are meaningless
Every year a higher education school fair takes place in Vilnius and Kaunas where as many as 47 high schools present themselves for students and 14 of them are universities that are dependent on the […]
CORPORATE
Poll: Landsbergis and Skvernelis meetings are beneficial but only for one of them
Farmers and Greens Union led by Ramūnas Karbauskis is the most popular political force but its ratings have decreased by a third from the beginning of the year. At the same time the Social Democrats […]
CORPORATE
SocDems confused: Farmers putting them into a terrible situation
The Social Democrats felt pressured to a corner: after adopting a Labour code which allows to fire employees easier, they lost the elections to Parliament but now the coalition partners Farmers and Greens are encouraging […]
Politics
Farmers remain most popular but down by 1/3 since January
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which triumphed in the last parliamentary elections, remains the country’s most popular political force, however, its ratings declined by a third since the beginning of the year, while the ruling Social Democrats and the opposition conservatives climbed on the popularity ladder, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]
Politics
Bastys impeachment panel asks for extension of work until June 1
The impeachment commission for Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the parliament’s Social Democratic Party group, will ask for extension its work until June 1. […]