PoliticsPresident Dalia Grybauskaitė participated in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Poland's movement for freedom at the invitation of Polish President Bronisław Komorowski. Butkevicius: new taxes are not needed in Lithuania2014-06-04, 12:17If all European Commission (EC) recommendations for Lithuania are implemented residents may face greater tax burden, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius. In its annual country-specific recommendations, the European Commission recommends Lithuania to consider possibilities for recurrent property and environmental taxation, to reform pension system and to balance benefit system. Leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union, Ramunas Karbauskis, has relinquished his European parliament mandate on Sunday. Instead, the party will delegate Mayor of Ingalina, Bronis Rope, who finished second on the party list. Strong NATO and reliable defence is in the interest of Lithuania2014-06-01, 12:45President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen to discuss the security situation in the region, enhanced cooperation among NATO member countries, and preparations for the NATO summit scheduled for early September in Wales. An immense double success of Lithuanian Poles2014-05-31, 11:59This year's double elections – presidential and European– have already passed. They have marked a great electoral success for Vilnius Region's Poles and manifested Valdemar Tomaševski's record in the amount of gained votes. That being the case, the election's positive outcome is an undisputable evidence of voters' appreciation of fair policy that guides the actions of the leader of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL). Both elections provided quite a challenge for the EAPL. Despite the incessant attacks from various media platforms and political parties, the EAPL with the whole Polish community have shown that unity, dedication to the cause and persistent work can achieve a lot. Hence, the recent elections provided Lithuanian Poles with the historic success. Responsible leadership strengthens and unites Europe2014-05-30, 13:53President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with other leaders of EU member states and institutions attended the ceremony of presenting the International Charlemagne Prize and extended congratulations to this year's laureate - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. Lithuanian government gives heat sector reorganisation green light2014-05-29, 13:37Lithuanian Government has given green light to reorganisation of heat sector in the cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, where after its implementation heat price is hoped to go down by up to 30%. European Council focuses on the outcome of EP elections and priorities for the European Commission2014-05-28, 08:28President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending an informal meeting of the European Council to discuss the outcome of Sunday's elections to the European Parliament, outline the priorities ahead for the European Commission, and exchange views about the situation in Ukraine following the May 25 presidential elections. Valdemar Tomaševski: we increased the number of voters by one third2014-05-27, 11:06During the press conference, which took place last Monday, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL), Member of the European Parliament (EP) Valdemar Tomaševski stated that the results of the elections to the EP show that more and more people of Lithuanian nationality vote for EAPL. |
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