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World government officials and private stakeholders met at the European Parliament in Brussels on the 24th May 2018 to discuss blockchain initiatives being undertaken in Australia, Canada, Japan, Lithuania and the United States, a press release from Blockchain Centre Vilnius states.

A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties went for trial on Thursday, but the first hearing was adjourned to Friday due to the absence of MP Gintaras Steponavičius, a defendant.

Lithuania's government will try to negotiate more of EU cohesion support for regional development after the European Commission suggested cutting such support by 13 percent in the new budget, Vice Minister of Finance Miglė Tuskienė says.

Manfred Weber, leader of the European Parliament's largest political group, says that Lithuania should choose Europe amid recent tensions between the European Union and the United States.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas sees the European Commission's proposal to provide EUR 552 million euros for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) decommissioning in 2021-2027 as a basis for talks and expects that the country will negotiate more funding for the shutdown facility.

The European Commission proposes to allocate 552 million euros at current prices in the EU's 2021-2027 budget for the decommissioning of Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP).

A group of members of the European Parliament propose to expand the EU's package of sanctions against Kremlin-linked individuals and businesses.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is considering turning to Latvia for consultations on controlling political ads on social media, as presidential, municipal and European Parliament elections approach.

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.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country's political parties.

Lithuania's opposition Order and Justice party plans to nominate no candidate for the 2019 presidential election, and the party's former leader Rolandas Paksas will be the first candidate on the list for elections to the European Parliament.

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Ingeborga Grassle, the leader of the European Parliament's (EP) delegation that is wrapping up its visit in Lithuania, says she lacks validation of the money Lithuania has requested for the decommissioning of its Ignalina nuclear power plant in the new financial perspective.

Approximately 780 million euros will be needed for decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) in 2021-2027, says Lithuania's Energy Vice-Minister Lina Sabaitienė.

The idea generated by Lithuanian architect Mantas Maziliauskas won the third place in an international competition – he proposed building a monument in a Brussels square that would look like rolled up sheet of paper featuring excerpts from letters written by victims.

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, on Thursday delivered a speech at the Polish parliament.