Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis continue topping the list of Lithuania’s most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
On the eve of the independence commemoration, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stated that the cabinet is prepared to coordinate the various parties’ positions on defence questions in an effort to sign a long-term document over […]
Local Poles and analysts expect a breakthrough in relations between Vilnius and Warsaw after Polish President Andrzej Duda‘s three-day visit to Lithuania last week. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will propose the Lithuania-Poland education commission in an effort to facilitate faster settlement of education problems for national minorities. Poland‘s president has expressed hope that problems of Poles in Lithuania would be addressed. […]
The European Commission is aware of the issue of different levels of direct payments for farmers and will make efforts to make these payments uniform across the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
The government is ready to take the coordinating role and coordinate the positions of political parties on defence matters to facilitate signing of a long-term document on the country’s defence strategy, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects laws on the continuing tax reform to be passed by the parliament by July and to take effect in early 2019. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Wednesday urged the parliament to go back to the issue of same-sex partnership. […]
The stance taken by Lithuanian politicians on Rail Baltica gives hope that the European-gauge railway project will remain a priority, regardless of changes in the administration, European Commissioner in charge of transport policies Violeta Bulc has said in Vilnius. […]
As politicians, retailers and producers in Lithuania discuss how to bring down rising food prices, opposition lawmakers propose that the government should lower the value-added tax (VAT) on food and retailers, for their part, should pledge not raise prices. […]
While there are proposals to rein in the situation by reducing VAT, usually it is left not to the consumers, but to the service providers or retailers. As such until it is clear that the […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has not announced his participation in the presidential elections, however his statement that Lithuania should renew relations with Russia leads, according to political scientists, to the conclusion that it is the […]
I am truly unwilling to divide and split Lithuanian citizens celebrating the centenary of re-established statehood into reliable and less reliable, patriots and idiots in the antique sense of the word, however you split yourselves […]
European Commissioner Violeta Bulc in charge of transport policies is visiting Lithuania this week. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis have expressed condolences to the people of Russia over the passenger plane crash that killed many people. […]
Is it really true that most Lithuanian citizens support Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ position that Lithuania should renew political contacts with Russia? A survey that indicated support for his stance revealed that there was 52% […]
It is undeniable that the SEB bank president’s advisor Gitanas Nausėda may run for president, thus conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis decided that it is time to “remove” competitors, political scientist Raimundas Lopata told LRT.lt when commenting […]
Quite often, you hear the voices of those who doubt in Lithuanian patriotism, loyalty to the country. Caring for the state is one thing, accusing others of a lack of loyalty – is another, more […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the modernization of the Armed Forces is currently more important that universal military conscription, adding that a mandatory enlistment of all young men could be considered after 2020. […]
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