The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a new tax aimed at encouraging people to buy less polluting cars and facilitating the renewal of the country's ageing vehicle fleet, Environment Minister Kęstutis Mažeika said.
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Ramunas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says Remigijus Zemaitaitis, the Order and Justice Party's leader, betrayed the ruling bloc when he backed on Tuesday an initiative to call an emergency plenary sitting to vote on Viktoras Pranckietis' removal as the speaker of the Seimas.
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Opposition MPs are blocking a statement by the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs on Belarus' almost completed Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, saying it should have a stronger wording.
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The Lithuanian Cabinet decided on Wednesday to raise the excise duties on strong alcohol, diesel fuel and heated tobacco in March 2020.
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Alytus in southern Lithuania was hit by a cloud of black smoke from a fire at a large tyre recycling plant. A hospital nearby has been evacuated.
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Some 28.3 percent of the Lithuanian population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2018, one of the highest rates in the EU, the latest figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat shows.
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Europe's communist system crumbled 30 years ago. So how do citizens of former Eastern bloc countries view democracy and the free market today? According to the Pew Research Center, the picture is positive, if varied.
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The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a new tax aimed at encouraging people to buy less polluting cars and facilitating the renewal of the country's ageing vehicle fleet, Environment Minister Kestutis Mazeika said.
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… Sameh Shoukry met with his Lithuanian counterpart, and reiterated Egypt’s … Ministry said in a statement. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius … meeting on Wednesday in Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius, expressed his country …
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… 15 received Ambassador of Lithuania to Armenia Mrs. Inga … minister said the Armenian-Lithuanian cooperation, both at the … and security matters. The Lithuanian Ambassador thanked for wishes … highly valued the Armenian-Lithuanian cooperation. She conveyed the …
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The Lithuanian Cabinet decided on Wednesday to raise the excise duties on strong alcohol, diesel fuel and heated tobacco in March 2020.
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Lithuania and Russia have agreed on an exchange of people convicted of espionage, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.
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British soldiers serving in Estonia received threatening “we are watching you” messages on mobile phones and social media, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
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Lithuania and Russia have agreed to an exchange of people convicted of espionage, sources have confirmed to BNS.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Wednesday proposed new measures to block imports of electricity produced at the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.