Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Kestutis Navickas has survived an opposition-initiated interpellation and retained his post after 64 lawmakers voted in favour of his provided answers to the opposition’s questions. The opposition claimed Navickas not only failed to respond to its comments but also ignored calls of others to communicate and cooperate on topical issues. The minister…
The Lifosa plant has resumed production after a forced shutdown in April. 240 employees of the enterprise are back to work. Earlier, the European Union authorities imposed sanctions against Andrey Melnichenko, the owner of EuroChem, which owned Lifosa. After that, the accounts of Lifosa were blocked and the plant was forced to stop. Later, the…
The IMF mission has commended the Lithuanian government’s response to economic challenges, noting that inflation, which is among the highest in the EU, should abate until the end of the year. Lithuania is well prepared to meet economic challenges brought by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, as the country’s government has chosen the…
Lithuanian recruitment company Nermeka and ice cream producer IceCo were fined for exploiting Ukrainian workers, which was revealed by Siena Centre for Investigative Journalism last month. Nermeka is a company that provides recruitment services to job seekers and workers for companies seeking employees. When the war broke out in Ukraine, the company announced on social…
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, Lithuania’s Caritas is launching its third campaign to collect aid for the people of Ukraine. The collection of aid will take place for three days in Vilnius, Kaunas, Marijampole, Panevezys, Siauliai, Klaipeda, Kaisiadorys, Lazdijai, Sakiai, Taurage, as well as in a several other district centres. This time, collected aid…
Lithuanian government’s sanctions have banned Belarusian building materials from entering Lithuania as of March. But these materials can still be found on construction sites in the country. The sanctions on Russian and Belarusian building materials came into force on March 9. But goods ordered before March 4 could still be shipped to Lithuania for at…
Lithuania’s former president (2009-2019) Dalia Grybauskaite has slammed the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Grybauskaite’s view, rambling over sanctions shows the weakness of democratic countries, cause great reputational damage to the West and, at the same time, give Pootin the green light for further aggression. – The war in Ukraine has been…