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COVID 19 vaccination has begun

December 29, 2020 Nerijus Maciulis 0

The first employees of Lithuanian hospitals were vaccinated against coronavirus on Sunday morning. The first vaccination in Vilnius was given to Nijolė Ramonaitė, a nurse of the Infectious Diseases Centre of the Santaros Clinics, and […]

Lithuania, Latvia to jointly purchase pneumococcal vaccine

March 22, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania and Latvia have issued a joint international tender to purchase a pneumococcal vaccine, the Lithuanian National Health Insurance Fund said on Tuesday. […]

Decree banning unvaccinated children from kindergarten overturned by courts

July 7, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

After a ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, the Ministry of Health will be forced to overturn its decree on mandatory vaccination for children in kindergarten.

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Seimas considering compensation for expensive meningitis vaccine

March 16, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

The Seimas Committee on Health Affairs will be meeting to consider adding children’s meningitis vaccines to the list of compensated medicines in Lithuania and including in the calendar of preventative vaccines for children as well. […]

Ban on unvaccinated children in kindergarten to be investigated by courts

January 6, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

At the beginning of 2016, an order came into effect at the Ministry of Health that bars children that have not been vaccinated from polio, measles or rubella from being enrolled in kindergarten. Now, the Lithuanian courts will investigate whether this order, issued by former Minister of Health Vytenis Andriukaitis, was legal. […]

Seimas approved the priorities for international co-operation of the Seimas

January 22, 2021 0

At its Wednesday, January 20 meeting, the Board of the Seimas approved the List of Long-term Priorities for International Cooperation of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. ‘The direction of Lithuania’s international co-operation remains […]

Foreign Policy Coordination Council discussed key objectives in 2021 foreign policy

January 15, 2021 0

President Gitanas Nausėda convened a meeting of the Foreign Policy Coordination Council to discuss key priorities and objectives in foreign policy in 2021, the President‘s Communication Group wrote in a press release. “We are a […]

Crisis management: aim high, act fast and keep the lights on

January 12, 2021 0

A few weeks ago, some of the participants at the new cabinet’s meeting must have been overtaken by a sense of déjà vu. It was a similarly urgent meeting in the weekend that the previous […]

Seimas to promote close bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the US

January 7, 2021 0

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted a Resolution thereby committing to consolidate the strategic partnership between Lithuania and the US in the field of defence, seek the permanent presence of US troops in Lithuania, promote […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. Five key accents of the new Lithuania’s government programme

December 31, 2020 0

For whom and what does the new Lithuania’s government programme promise? Across the 118 pages long programme, anyone could find accents of relevance to themselves – optimists can celebrate every page, while pessimists, as the […]

Wrap Up of 2020: key takeaways of fintech ecosystem

December 23, 2020 0

With favourable business conditions to grow, Lithuania is a home for many technology startups and established companies. One of the fastest developing sectors is fintech. Although 2020 was a challenging year for the country’s economy […]