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On Wednesday, eight umbrella organisations uniting more than 1,000 Lithuanian NGOs and trade unions addressed governmental bodies urging politicians not to delay the tax reform and to implement wider systemic changes. The written address calls for adequate funding of public services that would help ...

The Lithuanian Government on Monday held its primary placement auction of additional contributions of its securities at the public company Nasdaq Vilnius, with the average accepted yield of 4.056%.

Over 2 thousand people rallied on Thursday in a square close to the Seimas in protest against the proposal to tax real estate amid its readings in parliament.

The Government has approved a proposal by the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation to restore the territory of the Kaunas Free Economic Zone (FEZ) as previously envisaged, the ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will not support real estate tax amendments put forward by the Government and the Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance. The decision was made in meetings of LSDP political group and the party’s board.

Lithuanians are inclined to trust the Lithuanian army, police and the president the most, while they continue to have least confidence in the Seimas and the Government, a recent survey by Baltijos Tyrimai for ELTA shows.

Lithuania is planning to support Moldova in the development and implementation of a crisis management system and to share experience in combating hybrid threats and disinformation, the Office of the Government said on Tuesday.

The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (the INPP) has been awarded the highest score in the Good Governance Index of A+. The INPP received the highest rating for the first time in 2022-2023, following an analysis of the Annual Report 2022, the Sustainability Report, an assessment of the work of the colleg...

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Thursday met with Ambassador of Israel Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein, the Office of the Government reports.

MP Mindaugas Lingė, chairman of the Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance, has revealed that some time ago a group of legislators addressed the Constitutional Court to contest the Government’s 2022 resolution whereby China was listed as an unreliable supplier of software.

Minister of Finance Gintarė Skaistė presented the 2024 draft budget at a sitting of the Government on Thursday.

The Lithuanian Education Employees’ Trade Union (LŠDPS) has submitted to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport its proposals on teachers’ wage raise. The trade union launched a strike on 29 September when an agreement was not reached with the Government on higher salaries for teachers.

The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday gave the green light for the plan to implement the civil resistance strategy drafted by the National Defence Ministry.

On Monday, the Lithuanian Education Employees’ Trade Union (LŠDPS) informed the Government and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport that an indefinite teachers’ strike would begin next week.

The Lithuanian School Student Union (LMS) on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement with a teachers’ trade union, which is planning a strike. They have agreed that if teachers’ demands are not met, then a march will take place on 29 September from schools of striking teachers to the Ministry of Educ...

The autumn parliamentary session will be taking place against a backdrop of external and internal challenges, with populist rhetoric intensifying in the run-up to elections, said the Seimas speaker as she addressed MPs in the first sitting on Sunday.

Brussels officials are hinting at a looming loss of “several hundred” millions of euros from the European Union funds for Lithuania if the Seimas rejects the Government’s tax reform proposals, reports business news website Verslo žinios (vz.lt).

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė does not rule out that the Lithuanian Parliament may fail to adopt the draft law on civil union in the remaining term of office.

The Lithuanian Government has decided to temporarily close two checkpoints at the border with Belarus starting 18 August. MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas explains that the move comes after the security situation in the region has changed and also looking to tackle the smuggling of goods. He told the public br...

On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Government approved temporary closure of two border crossing points with Belarus starting 18 August.