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Resident doctors’ salaries in Lithuania to rise by 10 pct in January
Resident doctors’ salaries in Lithuania will be raised by 10 percent starting next January. […]
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Lithuania’s ruling bloc recognizes vote on raise for doctors, opposition goes back to work
Lithuania’s ruling coalition agreed to recognize that the conservatives‘ bid to raise wages for trainee doctors was adopted, therefore, the opposition agreed to return to the plenary room. […]
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Seimas speaker certain Pūkas will lose his MP mandate
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis and leaders of many parliamentary groups say they believe the mandate of MP Kęstutis Pūkas will be revoked after the Constitutional Court ruled he violated his oath by sexually harassing women during job interviews. […]
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Seimas calling meeting of all MPs on joint work after opposition protest
After the Lithuanian opposition refused to attend the parliament’s plenary meeting, a meeting of all members of the parliament will be held later on Tuesday to discuss further work. […]
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Raimundas Lopata. Skvernelis obtained his own Borisov?
Several months ago conversations between former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and Orlen head Jacek Krawiec were “leaked”. They were also reprinted in Lithuanian media. The conversations featured discussions on the possibility to […]
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Romas Sadauskas-Kvietkevičius. Those waiting for changes are doomed to be disappointed
The head of a cabinet that slept for a year looked at his reclining ratings and decided – we will now do real changes – tax and pension, state service and education, forest and fields. […]
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Lithuania’s conservatives climbing on popularity scale– Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Ratings of Lithuania’s political parties have stabilized, with the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives, TS-LKD) ranking first, followed by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuania’s Centre Party beats Liberals in popularity – BNS/RAIT survey
The Lithuanian Center Party headed by MP Naglis Puteikis has for the first time passed the Liberal Movement on the popularity poll, ranking among the country’s four most popular parties, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency. […]
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Lithuanian health minister survives interpellation in parliament
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga survived on Thursday an interpellation procedure launched against him in the parliament by the opposition. […]
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S. Jakeliūnas: there is no significant tax reform because the cabinet has not had time to “warm up”
“This was the first year. The cabinet ministers were new, they did not participate in the electoral campaign – they needed to become accustomed to working together, needed to feel how the cabinet works, how […]
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Voters have already evaluated future changes: sweets for some, whip for others
Potential voters rewarded the ruling Farmer Greens for observed advantages, however its delegated Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has been punished for unfulfilled expectations. According to a survey commissioned by the Delfi news portal on 16-24 […]
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A cabinet whose time needs to be endured
With Saulius Skvernelis’ cabinet reaching its first birthday, a chorus of Happy Birthday is nowhere to be heard. On the contrary, experts note that this cabinet has given little basis to expect fundamental reform in […]
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Lithuanian minister of health interpellation answers: Doctor wages to grow, pharmacies in order
Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga answered interpellation questions, saying that salaries for doctors will grow, and introduction of mystery shoppers have finally forced pharmacies to obey prescription drug sales rules, therefore, this should be viewed positively. […]
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TS-LKD group members criticize minister Linkevičius’ comments toward the US
The Seimas Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats group member Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Žygimantas Pavilionis and Audronius Ažubalis have expressed criticism toward Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius‘ public comments regarding US President Donald Trump’s decision […]
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Opinions over LRT responses split in Seimas
The head of the ruling “Farmers“, Ramūnas Karbauskis says that he is not satisfied with the answers presented by the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) to MP’s questions and promises to take further steps to […]
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Lithuanian SocDems lose popularity – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Ratings of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives, TS-LKD) and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) remain stable, while the Social Democrats in third suffered a decline in popularity, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian opposition collects signatures for health minister interpellation
Lithuania’s opposition has collected signatures under the text of interpellation against Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga. […]
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Why within a year voters are so disappointed with the “Farmers”
The previous coalition of Algirdas Butkevičius held its popularity for a long time, while the current majority has significantly declined in the ratings over the past year, decreasing by almost half. According to commenters contacted […]
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Cop, banker, manufacturer and others
Cop, banker and manufacturer, readers complained in comments next to the Spinter Tyrimai survey on who citizens would like to see in the post of president. Others yet suggested to elect two presidents – one […]
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Increasingly grey shades of tax reform
When presenting the proposed tax reforms the cabinet stated that they seek more equal taxation of citizens performing various activities. Members of Seimas, Farmers and Greens included, do not agree with such plans by Prime […]