Economy
Vilnius wants to demolish old airport terminal, transmin says
There’s a wish to demolish the old arrivals terminal at Vilnius Airport during its future reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]
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Politics
Lithuania launching survey of opinions on permanent time
A representative public opinion survey is getting underway in Lithuania to ask people if they think the country should go for permanent summer or winter time, the Transport and Communications Ministry said on Monday. […]
Economy
Lithuanian road builders don’t expect more projects in 2019 despite higher public funding
Lithuania’s public funding for road construction and maintenance is set to grow by 60 million euros next year, but road builders do not expect to bag more contracts, saying the amount of work will remain unchanged from the current levels or will even decrease due to rising prices for materials and general inflation. […]
CORPORATE
A headache for Karbauskis: is it worth betting on Skvernelis?
While Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has yet to announce his decision on whether he will run for president next year, many believe that a declaration of participation is only a matter of time. S. Skvernelis […]
CORPORATE
A sentence from Lukashenko sows concern in Lithuania over an important income source
If Lithuania refuses to cooperate with Minsk, then Minsk will cooperate with Latvia, Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko says. In other words, due to Lithuanian initiatives against Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, Belarussian freight could be diverted […]
Society
Lithuania to change clocks for last time next spring – minister
People in Lithuania will change their clocks for the last time next spring as the country will keep summertime permanently, Transport and Communications Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian driving license to be valid in Japan, US, New Zealand, Thailand
Holders of Lithuanian driving licenses will be free to drive cars in more than 50 countries after the Seimas ratifies an international convention, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
Nordic/Baltic
Lithuanian transport minister calls Latvia’s claims over Renge ‘a stab in the back’
Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says that Latvians’ demand that Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) pay them over 82 million euros for the dismantling of a railway track to Renge a decade ago came as a surprise to him. […]
Economy
Lithuania has no plans to build new airport yet, transmin says
Lithuania has no plans to build a new airport as it would be too expensive, the country’s Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]
CORPORATE
TS-LKD members are confused: what game is a potential presidential candidate of theirs playing?
More than half a million letters sent out by conservative Vygaudas Ušackas to the Lithuanian people, asking whether it is worth for him to run for president this coming spring. This and other actions by […]
Society
Lithuania plans to upgrade over 1,700 unsafe pedestrian crossings by 2022
Some 1,721 of 1,949 pedestrian crossings on Lithuania’s roads of national significance are unsafe, with all of them planned to be upgraded or closed in 2018 through 2021, the Lithuanian Road Administration (LRA) said. […]
Society
Fewer gravel roads in Lithuania: newly paved roads on many picturesque routes
This summer, travelers around Lithuania can already reach various picturesque places by going on newly paved roads. In the country’s regions, about 30 sections of gravel roads were paved this year, many of them leading through landscape reserves, along rivers or around lakes, a press release from the Transport and Communications Ministry states. […]
European Union
Lithuanian govt proposes to Brussels to stop changing clocks
Lithuania’s government is proposing to Brussels to stop changing the clocks twice a year in the European Union, instead staying on summer time permanently. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s justmin, transmin richest govt members, healthmin poorest
Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius and Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis are the richest members of Lithuania’s Cabinet. And Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga accumulated the lowest amount of assets and savings last year. […]
Economy
Lithuania seeks launch of direct flight between Vilnius, London City Airport
A direct flight between Vilnius and London City Airport might be launched in a near future. […]
CORPORATE
Misappropriation and abuse, which surprised Masiulis: they did not even try to hide it
Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis says that the recently surfacing corruption in the sector he curates are a natural matter. “There are areas that were touched and those that weren’t. The transport and […]
Politics
Over EUR 20 mln may have been squandered at Lithuanian Road Administration – minister
Over 20 million euros may have been squandered at the Lithuanian Road Administration (LRA), Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Monday. […]
Energy
I had no info on Lietuvos Energija project corruption – ex-Energy Minister
Lithuania’s former Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis refrains from commenting on the prime minister’s recent critical statements on state-run energy company Lietuvos Energija‘s (Lithuanian Energy) cogeneration plant projects in Vilnius and Kaunas. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s energmin, transpmin attending economic congress in Poland
Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis are attending the European Economic Congress in Poland on Monday and Tuesday and will discuss energy and transport issues. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM, UAE minister to discuss direct flights
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and visiting Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori will on Friday discuss possibilities to connect their capitals with direct flights. […]