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Lithuania’s new ethics watchdog chief to focus on private interests, lobbyism

May 30, 2018 BNS 0

Edmundas Sakalauskas, the new head of Lithuania’s Chief Official Ethics Commission, says the creation of a register of private interests and ensuring transparent lobbyism are among his main priorities. […]

Eugenijus Gentvilas during the TV debates on economics

Liberal Movement urges for depoliticised Central Electoral Commission

September 15, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Liberal Movement is urging to change the regulations behind the composition of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) DELFI reported. The party hopes that with the institution’s work being depoliticised the commission could work in […]

KTU researchers: More focus on human rights after the 2020 Seimas elections

September 29, 2022 0

After the 2020 parliamentary elections, human rights were relatively more talked about in the parliament than before the elections, according to the findings of the researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Faculty of Social […]

Energy Minister Kreivys can relax: he will be almost invulnerable for 6 months

September 27, 2022 0

The no-confidence procedure against Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys failed in the Seimas on 27 September. The process was initiated after Russia started the war in Ukraine, which has led to a surge in energy prices, […]

A salary is no longer enough: people are looking for extra jobs

September 20, 2022 0

Not everyone can live on their salary, so they are looking for extra jobs. Labour market experts say the popularity of additional jobs is growing but predict that their demand will increase even more in […]

Sekmokas: while Russia is stuck in Ukraine, we urgently need to make one step

September 12, 2022 0

Former Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas, speaking about the current energy dilemma in Lithuania, says that there are many problems. Still, the biggest ones are the dependence on the control room in Moscow and the lack […]

Economists warn of rising wages and unemployment: no longer able to keep up

September 5, 2022 0

Wage growth in Lithuania remains in double digits. According to Sodra, in the second quarter of this year, people’s incomes grew by 14%. However, this is almost seven per cent less than the rise in […]

Nausėda on the ban on tourist visas for Russians

August 25, 2022 0

President Gitanas Nausėda argues that the consequences of the Russian-led war in Ukraine must be felt not only by the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, and therefore fully supports the proposal to ban the issuance of […]