Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė does not think that President Gitanas Nausėda will support a draft law on civil union that will be considered by parliament in autumn. The politician made such assumptions after the president’s statements following a meeting with the Board of the Seimas on Tuesday.

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On Thursday afternoon, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė will attend a meeting of the Lithuanian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, the ministry reports.

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President Gitanas Nausėda is paying a visit to Romania, where he is attending the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit. Speaking to the media in Bucharest, the Lithuanian president said it is possible to export millions of tonnes of Ukrainian through ports of the Baltic States and Poland.

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On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in the Eighth Summit of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) in Bucharest, Romania, said the presidency.

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Lithuania’s First Lady Diana Nausėdienė arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday, where on the invitation of First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska she is attending the Third Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.

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National Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas is not surprised that Russia has cancelled this year’s large-scale military exercise Zapad (West). Moscow had already lacked the necessary capacity to hold the drills as it was mobilising its full military power for the war in Ukraine, he says.

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Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says no political group in the Seimas favours the president’s proposal to tighten restrictions for Belarusian nationals, making them equal to the ones imposed on Russian citizens.

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The swift process of returning the abducted baby from Russia to Lithuania has come as a surprise, says the head of the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service.

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President Gitanas Nausėda plans to announce his decision to seek re-election at the end of this year. He says he needs time to decide, assess his health and willingness to continue with politics.

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The Lithuanian Education Employee’s Trade Union (LŠDPS) has announced that approximately 6,000 teachers may strike in September demanding for higher pay and better working conditions.

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Within the next month it may become clear whether Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is going to announce her bid for 2024 presidential elections.

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The minister of education, science and sport says no consensus has been reached with trade unions that would help prevent a planned strike of teachers.

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Members of the ruling Liberal Movement are electing a new leader on 4-8 September, with the incumbent chair, Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, facing a challenge from three candidates.

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Economist Raimondas Kuodis, adviser to the prime minister, criticises the president’s proposals to introduce a tax benefit for families and allow people to withdraw part of their funds from the second pillar of pensions. It is a “social populism, which is a crime”, he says.

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President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda says Pope Francis’ statements about the heritage of “great Mother Russia” were ill-considered and hurt many people.

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On 30-31 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis attended an informal meeting of European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich) organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which runs from 1 July to 31 December 2023, reports the MFA.

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An online petition opposed to a planned nationwide tax on car ownership garnered over 65,000 signatures at its closure, a record number for the online environment where such petitions are filed, Estonia's public broadcaster ERR reports.

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Chairman of the Labour Party Andrius Mazuronis suggests that labour immigration policy should focus on countries that are similar to Lithuania, such as Belarus, otherwise he fears about national security risks.

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Minister of Education, Science and Sport Gintautas Jakštas says teachers may be harmed if the planned strike action is found to have no legal basis.

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President Gitanas Nausėda expects authorities to improve the protection of the border with Russia after a father kidnapped his child and fled to Kaliningrad region by crossing a river in a rubber boat last week.

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