Lithuania should carry out an audit of its pension reform launched five years ago and evaluate the results before considering any changes to the system, President Gitanas Nauseda said. The president’s comment comes amid public outrage over the automatic inclusion of people into the additional pension accumulation system. Nauseda noted that the Lithuanian pension system…
Two international consortia have contracted to develop technologies for dismantling the reactors of Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) for around 11 million euros, not including VAT, in total. The plant was shut down more than a decade ago and was now being decommissioned. On January 11, the INPP signed two contracts for design services…
The Court of Justice of the European Union reported the decision was made to maintain in force the verdict with which Lithuanian state railway company Lietuvos gelezinkeliai was fined EUR 20.069 million for demolishing Mazeiki-Renge railway section. Complying with the decision of the European Commission (EC), Lithuania did restore the railway section. In February 2020,…
The Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is discussing a proposal by a group of MPs to restrict the activities of Lithuanian residents and businesses in Russia. The so-called Lopata Resolution (named after liberal MP Raimundas Lopata, one of the authors of the proposal formally entitled On Limiting Terrorist Russia’s Influence) was discussed at a…
Lithuanian Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite is meeting with Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang in Vilnius to discuss new cooperation projects and progress in carrying out earlier agreements. The programme of the visit includes signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Innovation Agency on cooperation in developing digital skills of students and teachers in…
It’s necessary to focus on increasing healthy life expectancy in Lithuania, instead of weighing up the idea of increasing the retirement age, a presidential adviser has said. “The existing average in Lithuania is now 57.5 years,” Irena Segaloviciene said on January 10, adding that Lithuania expected to reach a life expectancy of 65 years only…
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) received 4,729 reports of corruption in 2022, the watchdog said on January 9. “In 2022, almost 30% of the STT’s all pre-trial investigations were opened based on citizen reports. The majority of the received reports were about possible offences in the areas of health care, environmental protection, local government and…