Former prime minister Gediminas Kirkilas, who passed away suddenly on 20 April aged 72, was laid to rest in Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has not offered former education, science and sport minister Jurgita Šiugždinienė to return to the same position following the resignation of Gintautas Jakštas earlier this month.
Drawing from bitter lessons of the past, Lithuania and Poland understand that indecision, disunity, or concessions to aggressors like Russia only serve to embolden them and escalate conflicts, emphasised Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė during her meeting with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in V...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk insists that the solidarity between Vilnius and Warsaw is not in question. His statement comes amid a recent public debate in Lithuania on the legal possibility for Polish troops to come to the neighbouring country’s aid in the event of an attack.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who is paying a visit to Lithuania, has announced that he will address the Polish parliament over the introduction of sanctions on Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods. He suggests that such restrictions should also apply on the European Union level.
On Monday, 5 February, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė attended the opening ceremony of the military base in Rokantiškės, just east of Vilnius. In her welcoming speech, she highlighted the substantial investments, nearly half a billion euros, made in the past few years for the infrastructure, stated...
On Monday, 18 December, Lithuanian and German defence ministers signed the action plan on the planned deployment of a German brigade in Lithuania.
President Gitanas Nausėda expects that the European Union (EU) will agree on a financial support package of EUR 50 billion to Ukraine in January.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis hopes that this week the European Council will adopt decisions favourable for Ukraine. Yet he admits that so far there are no alternatives in case Hungary keeps blocking talks on Ukraine’s EU accession.
The latest public opinion poll shows growing support for incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in the 2024 presidential elections. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė continues to follow, with a similar number of votes as a month before.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas welcomes the idea of a new defence tax as it would help fund the introduction of universal conscription and the acquisition of more air defence systems.
The Government does not plan to introduce national restrictions due to the rising incidence of Covid-19, says Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė believes that discussions are needed before deciding whether identical sanctions should apply on Belarusian and Russian citizens. According to her, potential political and economic ramifications should be considered.
Ukraine hopes to start real negotiations for European Union accession early next year, says Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Institutional reform of the EU should not be a mandatory condition for EU enlargement, he said.
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda vows to reveal next week if he is going to run for president in May 2024. He told the media earlier that there was just one unknown before he would finally make up his mind.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Monday attended the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Awards, the first event of this kind held in the country.
The Seimas on Thursday voted to approve a compromise proposal to increase the salaries of prosecutors in two stages. Prosecutors would receive a pay amounting to 75% of the salaries paid to judges of the same rank from 2024 and 90% from 2025.
On Tuesday, the first reading of the state budget for 2024 took place in parliament. Following the law, the draft of the budget was then returned to the Government for amendment.
Latvian Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš is ready to join the race for the NATO secretary general’s post, reports news website delfi.lv citing Bloomberg.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, longtime favourite in the polls on who would make the best prime minister, has finished second in the latest one. Social Democrat leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė took a narrow lead, a poll by Spinter for news website delfi.lt finds.