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. […]
While Estonia is notable among the Baltics for its highest average net wage of more than a thousand euro, Lithuania is first based on a less laudable metric – inflation, which is not only the […]
Peculiar mentions regarding the pension system changes planned for next year which spread this week have not left a good impression on Bank of Lithuania board chairman Vitas Vasiliauskas. “Regarding pensions, if memory serves right, […]
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 […]
Old-age pensions in Lithuania are set to rise by 13.5 euros on average next month after the government decided on Wednesday to increase the basic pension by 10 euros to 130 euros. […]
Minister of Finance Vilius Šapoka has announced that the 9% VAT exemption for heating is to be temporarily returned from autumn to the end of the year. What it will be like from 2018 has […]
The new Labour Code may not take effect from July. Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) promises to agree with the Code if they get the support of the Tripartite Council. About all of this […]
Discussions are in progress in Lithuania to grant child money to all families regardless of their income starting 2018, with the benefits for families raising 1-2 children at 30 euros and families with more children at 50 or 60 euros per every child, says Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis. […]
The Social Democrats felt pressured to a corner: after adopting a Labour code which allows to fire employees easier, they lost the elections to Parliament but now the coalition partners Farmers and Greens are encouraging […]
In the Government’s instrument plan there is a point in which the Government is committed to reach a national agreement on wages up to this year’s third quarter, jLRT.lt reported. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis to […]
When looking at the political field for the last few days and the behaviour of the Prime Minister (PM) Saulius Skvernelis, political analysts say that he’s likely preparing for a higher post. Rimvydas Valatka and […]
MP Tomas Tomilinas, a representative of Farmers and Greens Union group, admitted that the Labour Code was written at the request of business, so it would be easy to fire employees. However, he says that […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government does not plan to tax pensions, although Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis has recently publicly mentioned such a possibility. […]
Refugees will be relocated from camps in Greece, Turkey or Italy directly to Lithuanian municipalities that will be willing and ready to take them in, Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Friday. […]
Lithuania’s non-governmental organizations should shortly provide a list of municipalities willing to receive refugees directly from camps in Greece, Turkey or Italy, with plans to implement the new scheme starting April, says Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis. […]
Lithuania’s ministers of interior affairs and social security and labour, Eimutis Misiūnas and Linas Kukuraitis, are Monday going to the Refugee Reception Centre in Rukla to inquire about refugee integration issues. […]
Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis says that two competing approaches, one of which centers on children’s rights and the other underlines the importance of the family, are compatible. […]
The Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Ministry will seek that a ban on corporal punishment be included into a framework law on children’s rights protection, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights Edita Žiobienė says that violence against children is viewed more leniently than violence against adults. […]
The death of a 4-year-old boy in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, after severe beating at home has caused Lithuanian politicians and public to again shift their attention to the situation of child’s rights. […]
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