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Girls in Lithuania to be vaccinated against HPV

January 26, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania plans to start free vaccination for girls against the human papilloma virus which is the main cause of cervical cancer. […]

Lithuania’s ruling coalition talks education and healthcare reforms

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In 2015, Lithuania’s ruling coalition is planning reforms in the areas of science and education as well as healthcare areas, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Suicide Prevention Centre opens in Lithuania

January 3, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Suicide Prevention Centre has started operations in Lithuania. The Centre was established at the initiative of the Health Ministry and is housed at the State Mental Health Centre in Vilnius. […]

Most Lithuanians opt for local health services

December 29, 2014 ELTA EN 0

For over a year Lithuanians have been able to seek for medical treatment abroad. Nonetheless, people choose to be treated in Lithuania or in neighbouring countries offering similar prices. In one year and two months 53 people sought treatment abroad and submitted compensation applications to Territorial Health Insurance Funds (TLK). […]

Ukrainian doctors want to come to work in Lithuania

December 5, 2014 BNS 0

Seven doctors who lost normal working conditions in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk want to come to Lithuania and work in the northern district of Akmenė, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

113 new HIV cases in Lithuania this year

December 1, 2014 BNS 0

113 new HIV cases were diagnosed in Lithuania over the first ten months of 2014, as compared to 161 year-on-year. […]

Lithuania sets up Ebola coordination team

November 19, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has set up a task force that would coordinate efforts to manage a possible outbreak of the Ebola virus, if needed. […]

7 of 10 Lithuanians avoid health check-ups

November 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Most Lithuanians (68.5 percent) go to see a doctor only when they are seriously ill. 68 percent of people aged 15-19, 70 percent aged 30-39, and 61 percent aged 60-74 said they have a doctor’s appointment only if seriously ill. The data comes from TNS Atlas survey carried out by market research company TNS LT. […]

Auditors say Lithuania’s statutory officers don’t have access to adequate healthcare

October 27, 2014 ELTA EN 0

In Lithuania, statutory officers are covered by compulsory health insurance; therefore, like the rest of the population, they are entitled to free healthcare services paid by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) in the healthcare facility of their choice. […]

Lithuania’s health laboratory ready to test Ebola

October 25, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory (NPHSL) is ready diagnose Ebola following a training event held earlier this week, Algirdas Griškevičius, head of the NPHSL’s Clinical Testing Department, said on Friday. […]

False Ebola alarm in Lithuania as country’s medics briefed about dealing with the virus

September 17, 2014 BNS 0

An Ebola virus case was suspected in Lithuania but the guess was dismissed, Vice-Minister of Healthcare Erikas Mačiūnas said on Wednesday. […]

New healthcare minister pledges to not alienate private institutions

July 29, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the government must not antagonize and set private and public healthcare one against the other, but rather it should establish a clear procedure for providing services in private healthcare institutions. […]

Lithuanian pharmacists may be allowed to engage in disease prevention

July 21, 2014 ELTA EN 0

A draft law proposing to specify the definition of pharmaceutical activities by including pharmaceutical care in its definition has been proposed by MP Dangutė Mikutienė. […]

Outgoing Minister Andriukaitis does not expect changes in Lithuania’s Health Ministry

July 17, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Thursday the mandate of Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis ends and he is replaced by Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė. Andriukaitis thinks that his successor, fellow social democrat, will not change the team and how the ministry is run. […]

President Macron’s Ukrainian arithmetic

April 6, 2024 0

What is behind President Macron’s refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine? Is it a case of late conversion? After all, France’s president long cultivated dialogue with Vladimir Putin, arguing that Russia should […]

European defence industry strategy – any opportunities for small EU state?

March 27, 2024 0

On March 5, a new European defence industry strategy was officially presented, which could provide up to 100 billion euros in funding. The strategy presents a clear, long-term vision of how it is planned to […]

The Conservatives explained what’s happening with Anušauskas: now he’s in trouble

March 20, 2024 0

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s suggestion that Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas resign and instead give way to the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defence, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, provoked further reaction from the […]

What a Russian offensive would look like if war broke out: expert warns – NATO countries are already preparing for such a scenario

February 6, 2024 0

Last week, NATO launched its most significant military exercise since the Cold War, with a US warship beginning its journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Alliance’s European territory. The German exercise plans, which were […]

Why is Russia a problem and a threat to everyone?

February 6, 2024 0

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2014, demonstrates the audacity of Russian society and a sense of permissiveness and impunity for its criminal actions. The leadership of Russia, which is a reflection […]

The main competitors in the presidential elections: prominent candidates

January 30, 2024 0

With four months left until the presidential elections, the current Head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, continues to increase in popularity. However, ratings for Ingrida Šimonytė and Ignas Vėgėlė have risen even faster in the […]