Foreign nationals employed in the services sector should speak Lithuanian, the LRT news website said on Tuesday, citing a poll by Baltijos tyrimai.
June132023
June122023
Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda continues to top presidential ratings as over a quarter of Lithuanians would like to see him taking office for the second term, a poll conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai in May shows.
June122023
Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė met on Monday with the executive vice president of McDonald’s, Jon Banner, for talks on the corporation’s plans in Lithuania and investment climate, the ministry said.
June122023
Aušrinė Armonaitė, the incumbent minister of the economy and innovation, was re-elected for the third term as the leader of the ruling Freedom Party at its congress on Saturday.
June102023
Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė on Friday met with Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas and Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla. Afterwards, the minister announced that more security cameras would be installed in Vilnius as a crime prevention measure, even though the situation with crime has not deteriorated.
June092023
On Friday, the presidium of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) will convene to discuss political developments and the future of the Government. MP Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, believes the presidium will decide that Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė must continue heading the current Government.
June092023
Russia may have blocked Global Positioning System (GPS) network signals used by civil aircraft in Lithuania in late May and early June, says Oro navigacija, main air navigation service provider in the country.
June092023
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says discussions between NATO countries on Ukraine’s membership in the Alliance are not easy and it is impossible to say if member states are going to reach an agreement on Ukraine’s membership prospects with one month remaining until the NATO Summit in Vilnius.
June082023
On 7 June, the Council of Paris decided to call a square on the Place du Général Catroux in Paris’s 17th arrondissement, “Jardin de la Lituanie” (The Garden of Lithuania). It will be the first location named after Lithuania in the French capital, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
June082023
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court (KT) has judged that forcible accommodation of migrants in foreigners’ registration centres after they had illegally crossed the state border was unconstitutional. Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says authorities started lifting restrictions on the movement of migrants on Wednesday.
June082023
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is attending a two-day meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the ministry reports.
June082023
Twenty-eight percent of people of Russian ethnicity residing in Estonia define themselves solely as Russian, while 68 percent define themselves as Estonian-Russian, Russian-speaking Estonian, or both Estonian and Russian, the ERR public broadcaster said citing a recent survey.
June082023
The draft civil union bill may not return to the agenda of the parliament in its spring session anymore, Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says.
June072023
After consideration, the Seimas of Lithuania approved the amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences to impose stricter fines on public peace disturbance, said parliament’s press service.
June072023
Chair of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, accuses Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), of causing political havoc and calls on him to assume responsibility for this.
June072023
On Tuesday, parliament rejected the proposal of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) to hold a snap election amid the municipal expenses scandal. Some members of the TS-LKD were among those who voted against early elections. Afterwards, coalition parties – TS-LKD, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party – held a meeting and discussed the idea to establish the coalition council.
June072023
President Gitanas Nausėda says Sweden is highly likely to become a NATO member prior to the Vilnius summit in July.
June062023
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Parliament will decide whether to hold a snap election amid the municipal expenses scandal. However, views of political parties diverge on the issue.
June062023
International media has reported that in the early hours of Tuesday water started spilling from the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military said Russian forces blew up the dam. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis reacted to the news by reiterating that Russia has to be stopped.
June062023
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is sending a message of greetings, on behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania, to Sweden celebrating its National Day, said the prime minister’s press service.