A Vilnius-based Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) would send a strong geopolitical signal that Europe trusts the security of this region in spite of the war taking place nearby, the finance minister says.
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June192023
More high-value datasets (HVDs) will be made available to business and the public by June next year, the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation says.
June162023
Farmers & Greens leader: non-liberal government would have come 1.5 years earlier with snap election
Lithuania would have a non-liberal government now had the Seimas accepted the Conservatives’ proposal for a snap election, says the leader of the opposition Farmers and Greens.
June162023
The National Crisis Management Centre has decided not to propose the Government to declare a national emergency over drought for the time being.
June162023
Names of potential candidates to head NATO will become clear in the Vilnius summit in July, the national defence minister says.
June162023
President Gitanas Nausėda is scheduled to give his fourth state of the nation address at a Seimas sitting on 20 June, Tuesday, at 10 a.m., the Parliament’s press service said.
June162023
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will ease controls on farmers who suffer losses due to the dry weather and will not impose sanctions for non-compliance with commitments tied to the European Union’s support.
June152023
The Seimas on Thursday passed a law to introduce faster synchronisation of Lithuania’s power grid with West Europe.
June152023
On Wednesday, 14 June, security and international relations experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Nordic and Central European countries gathered in Vilnius to discuss the future of Europe’s security architecture, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
June152023
Lithuania, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland are buying air defence systems for Ukraine at the value of 107.5 million, the National Defence Ministry announces. Vilnius’ contribution is EUR 6 million.
June152023
Finland faced a moment of truth on February 24, 2022. In case Ukraine’s defense would have collapsed, Finland’s security policy of non-alignment would have been worth of nothing. The Finnish leaders had to make a choice almost by overnight either to give up non-alignment or to remain increasingly under the influence of an aggressive Russia. The government began planning a possible fast track to join Nato. Besides the American approval in early April, a clear majority of the Finns flagged in the polls strong support to Nato membership for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union immediately after the Russian troops crossed the borders of Ukraine.
June142023
MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis continues to share anti-Jewish statements despite previous outrage from international community and has accused Jews of carrying out a ‘holocaust of Lithuanians’.
June142023
The annual ceremony of hoisting the national flag to mark the Day of Mourning and Hope took place in Independence Square in front of the Seimas on Wednesday.
June142023
Lithuania marks the start of Soviet mass deportations 82 years ago, Day of Mourning and Hope, on Wednesday.
June142023
Finance Minister Gintarė Skaistė has appointed her adviser Darius Sadeckas to the role of her deputy minister. He took office on Wednesday.
June142023
Lithuanian institutions have taken all the necessary measures to accept war refugees from Ukraine, but they still need to strengthen the coordination of the integration process, including the labour market and education system. These are the findings of national auditors in the audit ‘Assistance to refugees and their social integration’, the National Audit Office said in a press release.
June142023
Ingrida Šimonytė continues to be seen as most fit for the prime minister’s job, but her support has fallen to the lowest level since she took office, a poll commissioned by the Delfi news website shows.
June132023
Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen nominates Lina Petronienė as the head the Central Electoral Commission (VRK).
June132023
The Government’s performance rating slumped by nearly 9% in May, while the number of Lithuanians disapproving of the Cabinet grew by 12%, a poll by Spinter Tyrimai for the Delfi news website shows.
June132023
Deputy Justice Minister Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė has welcomed the recent decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office to open a pre-trial investigation into alleged transfers of Ukrainian children to Belarus.