Politics
Seimas should adopt tax amendments this month, speaker says
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says lawmakers should have enough time to adopt tax amendments this month. […]
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Politics
Environmin works well, interpellation will fail, Seimas speaker says
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis is convinced that the opposition-initiated interpellation against Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas will fail. […]
Foreign affairs
OECD membership to make Lithuania more attractive to investors – speaker
Lithuania’s membership in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will make the Baltic country more attractive to investments and should also promote the creation of jobs, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis believes. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuania could ratify Istanbul Convention with certain conditions – speaker
The Seimas of Lithuania could ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) but with certain conditions, the Seimas’ Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Politics
VSD info on ex-prosecutor undermines trust in service, parlt speaker says
The State Security Department‘s information on a former prosecutor’s close cooperation with the MG Baltic business group’s executives is undermining trust in the prosecution service, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Society
High profile ceremony for the forthcoming museum in Lithuania
On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Šeduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr Inna Rogatchi, the author of the forthcoming film and book on Rainer Mahlamäki’s projects of memorial architecture. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s top officials intend to use alternative name for Georgia
Lithuania’s top officials intend to use “Sakartvelas”, an alternative name for “Gruzija”, the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, that was approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) this week. […]
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Referendum on dual citizenship in parallel with the presidential election: is it too late for the preparations?
According to Žygimantas Pavilionis, Member of the Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community, preparations for the referendum on dual citizenship have to begin today or tomorrow at […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian-Polish parlt assembly could resume work in late 2018 – Mazurek
The Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly, which has been effectively non-functioning for nine years now, could hold a meeting in the fall or at the end of the year, Beata Mazurek, deputy marshal of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Politics
PM looks at president’s emails from moral rather than legal viewpoint
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader accused of corruption, should be looked at from a moral rather than a legal point of view. […]
Society
Ground-breaking ceremony for “The Lost Shtetl,” a unique museum and memorial complex in Lithuania designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects
On Friday 4th May the ground-breaking ceremony will take place in Šeduva, Lithuania, for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. The ceremony will mark the official start of on-site preparations for the construction of the 3000m2 museum, which will stand to remember and teach about life in what was a predominantly Jewish area – before local populations were decimated by the Holocaust, according to a press release from Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. […]
Politics
Seimas speaker expects agriculture minister’s post to be filled shortly
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, welcomes Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas‘ decision to step down and expects that it will not take long for the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) to find a replacement. […]
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Seimas speaker has doubts over agrimin’s sacking
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis believes Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will later on Wednesday not call on Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to step down after he came under fire for the circumstances surrounding his family’s farming. […]
Politics
Questions about agricultural land usage must be answered, Seimas speaker says
The public must receive answers about the situation in the agriculture sector, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Politics
President, Kaunas mayor, PM remain most popular politicians in Lithuania – survey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of the country’s second-largest city, and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the most popular politicians in Lithuania, shows a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper, published on Saturday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s leaders don’t plan to meet with Dalai Lama, but some MPs do
Members of the Lithuanian parliament’s Provisional Group for Solidarity with Tibetans intend to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Lithuania in June, but the country’s top officials do not plan to do so. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian vice premier visiting Lithuania
Ukrainian Vice Premier Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze is visiting Lithuania. […]
Politics
No new conditions in coalition deal with Lithuanian SocDem Labor party – Karbauskis
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly. […]