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  • Economy

Seimas to decide on writing down emigrants’ tax debts

Lithuania's parliament will decide whether the state should write down around 100 million euros in compulsory health insurance contributions unpaid…

6 years ago
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  • Opinion

Municipal elections: some mayors could win in the first round

Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis is currently uncontested and could be reelected as Kaunas city mayor in the first round. Meanwhile,…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Markauskas steps down as Lithuania’s agriculture minister

Bronius Markauskas is stepping down as Lithuania's agriculture minister amid criticism over his family's farming practices, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis…

7 years ago
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  • Opinion

Honorary LSDP member points out a leader, who could reunite the split party

The Social Democrats and the recently founded Social Democrat Labourites are like cat and dog. Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas…

7 years ago
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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…

7 years ago
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  • Opinion

Minister of economy after swearing in: I am at no risk of conflicting interests

After swearing in at Seimas on Tuesday, "Farmer" Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevičius says that one of the country's greatest…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Sinkevičius sworn in as Lithuania’s new economy minister

Virginijus Sinkevičius was sworn in as Lithuania's new economy minister in the parliament on Tuesday. [...]

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president appoints LFGU’s Sinkevičius as minister of economy (Updated)

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Virginijus Sinkevičius , chairman of the parliamentary Economic Committee and a member of…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president meeting with minister of economy candidate

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Monday meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius, chairman of the parliamentary Economic Committee who has been…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM proposes Sinkevičius for minister of economy

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has confirmed to BNS he had chosen MP Virginijus Sinkevičius, deputy elder of the ruling…

7 years ago
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The breakaway party will harm the Social Democrats

The influential politicians who have left the Social Democrat ranks are gathering a new party and promise to propose that…

7 years ago
  • Politics

PM says in no rush to find new economy minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that there is no rush to find a replacement for Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who last…

7 years ago
  • Economy

Continental wanted to know if people in Kaunas are tolerant to foreigners – ex-minister

Officials from the German auto-parts giant Continental, which on Monday announced plans to build in a new factory in Kaunas,…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Economy minister to leave office on October 13

Lithuania's Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius will remain in his post for another two weeks. [...]

7 years ago
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PM fails to persuade economy minister to stay on

Lithuania's Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius did not change his mind about resigning from the post after Wednesday's meeting…

7 years ago
  • Economy

Government allows non-Lithuanians letters in company names

The Lithuanian government has backed a proposal to allow companies and organizations to register their names in all letters of…

7 years ago
  • Politics

SocDems should decide on working with parties under probe – Minster of Economy

Lithuania's Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, a member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Wednesday urged the party to decide…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Some SocDem ministerial officials resign, others stay on

In the wake of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Council's decision to withdraw from the ruling coalition, some of…

7 years ago
  • Politics

PM sees no reason for economy minister to step down

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday that he saw no reason for Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

PM calls off Georgia visit after SocDems’ move to exit coalition

After the Social Democratic Party's council on Saturday decided to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens…

7 years ago