Alcohol in Norfa shopping centre
Politics

Seimas passes alcohol use restrictions

Following lengthy public discussions and parliamentary debates, the Seimas on Thursday significantly tightened regulation of alcohol sales, use and advertising, with some bans to take effect in early 2018 and others in early 2020. […]

Aurelijus Veryga
Opinion

The Farmers succeeded: the Social Democrats did a flip

The coalition of Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democrats did not seem very stable at first glance, their stability was questioned by PM Saulius Skvernelis. However, a vote on the amendments to the […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis
Politics

Popularity of ruling party on decline – poll

The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its leaders is on the decline, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Society

Skvernelis says universities won’t be merged by force

The Lithuanian government will not force consolidation on universities, but new funding rules will make them change, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), said on Tuesday. […]