SocietyLow levels of political and economic activities of women, their limited participation in democratic processes, violence against women, the importance of social media - these and other issues related to discrimination against women will be discussed during the international conference in Vilnius. On Monday, during his visit to the US, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the President of the American-Lithuanian Business Council, Eric Stewart, and members of the Council. Several topics were covered during the meeting: the strategic partnership between the US and Lithuania, economic relations, investment opportunities and new export markets. In the first nine months of 2014 Lithuania's wind farms generated 366.4 Gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity, i.e. by 19.3% more year-on-year. Wind electricity accounted for 16.4% of the total electricity volume generated in Lithuania. Prosecutors: decision to end investigation over Snoras bankruptcy administrators' actions is lawful2014-10-05, 13:37The Prosecutor General's Office announced on Thursday, 2 October, that the decision to terminate the pre-trial investigation over the actions of AB Bank Snoras bankruptcy administrator Neil Cooper was both lawful and legal. 'All bilingual signs with street names that were placed on private homes in Šalčininkai district are still there,' assured the director of the admnistration of the local government of Šalčininkai district Josif Rybak, cutting off any speculations that appeared in the media after yesterday's court session in Druskininkai. Parliament Speaker Loreta Grauziniene tried to calm the activists of the Lithuanian Pensioners' Party (LPP) by promising that pensions that were reduced during the crisis will be reinstated based on financial capabilities of the state. On September 30, Palanga Airport has welcomed 100,000th passenger in 2014 – the lucky traveller Mr Marius Ežerskas was flying Norwegian Air Shuttle from Oslo to his hometown of Šilutė, small town outside Palanga. From 1 October, 2014, the minimum monthly wage in Lithuania grows to LTL 1,035 (EUR 300) and the minimum hourly wage to LTL 6.27 (EUR 1.82), 2014. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite has forwarded the Seimas her amendments to the Civil Code which seek to reduce the number of children who are put to child care homes, as well as to promote adoption. The president's amendments suggest limiting the practice of putting children under 3 years to child care homes. The youngest children would be sent to guardianship institutions only in exceptional cases when they need specialised health care or nursing. Also, in those cases when the child's family cannot provide him/her with proper care and community services in their municipality are not properly developed. President Dalia Grybauskaite is the richest among the top three Lithuanian politicians. Her assets amount to LTL 2.45 million (EUR 710,000) and she has no debt. |
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