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Four key priorities targeted by new nominee for health minister

February 29, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

With 8 months left until the Seimas elections, the new Health Minister’s tenure may be short-lived, but Juras Požela, the successor nominated by prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, says he intends to accomplish quite a bit during that short period.

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Lithuanian government suggests criminal liability for sports results fixing

December 22, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Interior Ministry has suggested instituting criminal liability for unfair influence on sports results. […]

Lithuanian MP proposes to allow charging all tourists

July 4, 2014 ELTA 0

It has been proposed to introduce local charge not only in Lithuanian resorts, but also in other municipalities. […]

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad

Antanaitis: ‘The Russians will want to test us’

September 16, 2025 0

“First of all, these exercises are intended to demonstrate their power. The Russians are beginning to appear to the world and NATO as a weak link, a weak state. The Russians need to flex their […]

At the border – “Dragon Teeth,” above their heads – smuggling balloons: they told how Lithuania is preparing

September 8, 2025 0

With the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad military exercises approaching, the Lithuanian army and border guards are preparing for all possible scenarios. It becomes clear when visiting towns in the Vilnius district near the border with Belarus, […]

The Russian language dilemma in Vilnius: which way forward?

August 25, 2025 0

Is there too much Russian spoken in Vilnius? Over the past year, many Vilnius residents have responded to this increasingly common question by saying that it is an indisputable fact, lrytas.lt writes in its editorial Laiko […]