PoliticsPresident of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with Minister of Environment Valentinas Mazuronis and noted that last year most water providers raised prices by more than 30 percent, reasoning investment in infrastructure. Grybauskaite emphasised the importance to prevent sudden price increase. Lithuanian minister of energy Jaroslav Neverovich says that in the nearest future "new steps" will be made in relation to Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after his inauguration to discuss further bilateral cooperation. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission (G7 leaders) met in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format. President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius discussed major trends and key tasks of Lithuanian foreign policy as well as efforts to ensure its continuity. Lithuania's Deputy Parliament Speaker and Chair of the Committee on European Affairs Gediminas Kirkilas attended a Berlin-based event EU10x10 - Europe's Wider Horizon marking the 10th anniversary of the EU membership of the states that joined it on 1 May 2004. President 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. |
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