Health

  • Lithuania

Seimas spring session mainly focused on managing the consequences of the coronavirus

The Seimas closed its spring session, which had started on 10 March 2020. This year, the session was held under…

4 years ago
  • Society

Health Ministry to improve its anti-smoking proposals

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday that the Health Ministry will have to improve its proposed package of…

6 years ago
  • Economy

Pharmacies to be put under obligation to sell certain amount of cheapest drugs

In an effort to encourage pharmacies to offer clients the cheapest suitable medication, pharmacies in Lithuania will be put under…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian healthcare minister’s condition ‘improving’

The condition of Lithuanian Healthcare Minister Juras Požela, who is being treated at Vilnius University's Santariškės hospital for acute pancreatitis,…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Mandatory IDs for all alcohol buyers: A way to curb alcoholism or waste of time?

Launched on Friday, the requirement for all buyers to show their IDs when buying alcohol in most supermarkets across Lithuania…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian healthcare minister’s condition ‘serious but stable’ – doctors

Lithuania's Healthcare Minister Juras Požela remains in Vilnius University's Santariškės Clinic with acute pancreatitis. Doctors say his condition is serious,…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Health minister’s condition ‘serious’

Lithuania's Healthcare Minister Juras Požela, who has been hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, is treated in intensive care and his condition…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Organ donation and transplantation rises in Lithuania

Most indicators of organ donation and transplantation in the first half of 2016 were even better than in the same…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanians may not be Europe’s top drinkers after all

Official alcohol consumption statistics put Lithuanians among the top drinkers in Europe, but these figures may be inflated, according to…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania has third highest rate of preventable deaths in EU

Lithuania has the third highest level of preventable deaths in the EU according to a new Eurostat survey.Romania had the…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanians have highest rate of cardiovascular-related problems in EU

Every second of Lithuanian will die from a cardiovascular disease, and every third adult in Lithuania has an increased blood…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania to ban advertising of alcohol price reductions

Lithuania’s parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on Alcohol Control which will prohibit advertising alcoholic beverage price reductions. [...]

9 years ago
  • Society

Why do Lithuanian men live the shortest lives in the EU?

New data shows that Lithuanian men's life expectancy is the shortest in the European Union at 68 years of age…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania – fattest post-Soviet state according to Radio Liberty

Lithuania has appeared on top of a list called the fattest post-Soviet people announced on Monday morning by Radio Liberty.…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania fifth most overweight nation in Europe

Lithuania has the fifth most overweight population in Europe according to new data.In Lithuania, over 60% of men are overweight…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Health services will be more expensive in the future, Lithuanian minister says

Lithuania's new Healthcare Minister Juras Požėla says that while patients should not be made to pay for services at the…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Bill to legalise sex reassignment surgery in Lithuania on way

Sex reassignment surgery is as yet unavailable in Lithuania but the necessary legislation to allow the procedure is on its…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Economy

Klaipėda company to tap geothermal waters for first time

Geoterma, a Lithuanian company, has received permission to use geothermal water from a underground well in Klaipėda for the first…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Polish dairy products taken off shelves after irregularities found

A number of quality control and labelling violations have been detected in imported Polish dairy products, according to Lithuania’s State…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Figures putting Lithuania among top alcohol consuming countries not accurate

New research shows that Lithuania is not the third most alcohol consuming country in the world as the World Health…

9 years ago