The future and political success of the politicians who broke away from the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) will depend on their ability to garner support and find their niche, political scientists say, Austėja […]
With the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) congress nearing, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken to party members, proposing to halve the number of LVŽS deputies. The party chairman would like to not longer have Seimas first Vice Speaker Rima Baškienė and Seimas Vice Speaker Arvydas Nekrošius as his deputies, LRT’s Laba Diena, Lietuva reports, according to lrt.lt. […]
The amendments to the Labour Code proposed by the “Farmers”, where employers would have to specify wages in job advertisements and the interval for the size, have been met with criticism from experts, who think this will improve neither the employer, nor the employee’s negotiation positions, lrt.lt writes. […]
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) deputy chairman, Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevičius confirmed to lrt.lt that part of the LVŽS Vilnius city branch has offered him to run for Vilnius mayor in next year’s municipal elections. V. Sinkevičius has not yet revealed whether he would like to participate in the elections, however he assures that the office of minister of finance would not preclude him from being a candidate, lrt.lt writes. […]
Members of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s Vilnius branch have decided to nominated Remigijus Šimašius, the capital’s current mayor, as their candidate in next year’s mayoral election, giving him the mandate to form a public election committee. […]
It’s summertime. Come to think of it, we could well change into swimming gear, kick off our shoes and relax at the seaside, like Boniface the lion did in a famous cartoon. This is what […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Friday took another step toward adopting a part of the government’s proposed tax reform package, including setting a ceiling on social insurance contributions, shifting a part of these contributions onto the employee and taxing it at 19.5 percent, and using only central government budget funds to pay the basic part of pensions. […]
Tax reform and a new parliamentary investigation are two barriers that the “Farmers” are obstructed by, apparently failing to find common ground within the Seimas group, lrt.lt writes. Some of the closest companions of Lithuanian […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Social Affairs and Labor on Wednesday approved of a ceiling on employees’ contributions to the state social insurance fund Sodra, back-pedaling on a decision to oppose the measure it took last week. […]
The direct payments that replaced tax deductions to parents from January reached 156,000 more children, says MP Tomas Tomilinas, deputy chairman of the parliamentary Social Affairs and Labor Committee. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union suggest ratifying the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on a condition that it will include Lithuania’s statement on imports of genetically modified organisms and hormone-treated beef. […]
Vilnius University professor Romas Lazutka, who withdrew from the post of advisor for the Minister of Social Security and Labour Linas Kukuraitis, explains that he lost hope that this majority will perform its electoral pledges […]
When presenting the proposed tax reforms the cabinet stated that they seek more equal taxation of citizens performing various activities. Members of Seimas, Farmers and Greens included, do not agree with such plans by Prime […]
One out of three members of the Seimas made public information about their meetings with organizations and registered lobbyists during the Lithuanian parliament’s past spring session, Transparency International Lithuania said on Wednesday after analyzing parliamentarians’ official calendars and personal websites. […]
Upon the conclusion of the Seimas spring session and with the Farmer and Greens Union leader once again embroiled in yet another scandal, one can already clearly conclude – the reforms, if they happen at […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday passed amendments to the country’s new Labour Code, which was adopted last year but will come into force in July. […]
Although, the value added tax (PVM) exception was eliminated with an easy hand. It would appear that the same hand is not in a hurry to remove the benefits and/or reduce them in regards to […]
Lithuanian radio journalist asked the Minister of Health Aurelius Veryga whether he considered the consequences that will result in further bans on alcohol market. “What consequences?” a sincere amazement was heard. But this wasn’t asked […]
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 […]
The government transferred a revised new Labour Code to the Parliametn for consideration. However, the ruling said they won’t vote for it, if employers will not commit in writing to increase salaries. On Thursday Lithuanian […]
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