PoliticsLithuanian Seimas adopts amendments to Law Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing2014-05-16, 14:35The Parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, improving legislation aimed against money laundering and terrorist financing. Prime Minister and the new Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See discuss further cooperation2014-05-15, 14:02Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed new Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, Archbishop Pedro López Quintana. Seimas Speaker: Lithuania supports Moldova's choice of European path2014-05-14, 12:50Speaker of the Parliament of Lithuania Loreta Grauziniene and President of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Corman discussed prospects of Moldova's integration in the European Union and the country's plans to sign the Association Agreement in summer 2015. Grybauskaite mentions changes in Cabinet2014-05-13, 10:02If Grybauskaite is elected for a second term of office, some changes in the Cabinet of Ministers are possible, although would not be radical. The first round of presidential elections in Lithuania took place last Sunday on 11th May. According to the results of all electoral districts Valdemar Tomaševski received 8,36 percent (about 110 thousand votes) of votes, i.e. twice more than five years ago, when he received 4,7 percent of votes and won decisively in the Vilnius and Šalčininkai Disctricts even with the current President Dalia Grybauskaitė Lithuania promises not to stall Rail Baltica any longer2014-05-11, 12:21Estonian economy minister Urve Palo got confirmation on Thursday in Athens from her Lithuanian colleague that Vilnius will no longer be the obstacle for moving on with the Rail Baltic project. Seimas speaker congratulates officers on 95th anniversary of formation of Lithuanian Customs2014-05-10, 15:22Lithuania's Parliament Speaker Loreta Grauziniene congratulated officers of the Lithuanian Customs on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of founding of the organization. 2014 European elections: latest projections of seats in the Parliament2014-05-09, 09:03How will the European Parliament look after the European elections on 22-25 May? No one has the answer, but the question is on everyone's mind. Based on the current state of play of public opinion in the EU member states, the European Parliament and its contractor TNS Opinion propose a weekly projection of seats in the Parliament's hemicycle. Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister urges the Council of Europe to take a principled position on the crisis in Ukraine2014-05-08, 12:31During the Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Vienna on 6 May, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius urged this organization to oppose Russia's political, economic and military aggression against Ukraine. Membership in the European Union strengthened Lithuania2014-05-07, 12:35President Dalia Grybauskaitė participated in a plenary sitting of the Seimas to mark the tenth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in the EU. In her speech, the President underlined that Lithuania's historic decision made ten years ago to join the European Union was the very best. |
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