Law on Alcohol Control

Seimas brings low-alcohol drinks to beaches (1)

The Seimas of Lithuania has backed a proposal of a group of lawmakers to ease the sale of low- alcohol drinks. As of August 15, the sale of drinks with up...

Lithuanian PM suggests not tearing alcohol ads out of foreign magazines

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis suggests that Lithuanian press distributors should not tear alcohol ads out of foreign magazines sold in the country.

Lithuanian watchdog says not to punish foreign periodical distributors for alcohol ads

The Lithuanian Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department promises not to punish, at least for some time, distributors of foreign periodicals containing...

Lithuania's ratification of EU-Canada trade deal postponed until fall

Lithuania's ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ( CETA ) between the European Union and Canada is likely to be postponed until the...

President signs alcohol control bill into law

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Alcohol Control Law , which were adopted by the parliament and triggered heated...