Lithuanian businesses are rushing to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine, as more than 800 companies have already offered around 8,000 jobs for Ukrainian refugees. The Lithuanian government has also simplified their employment procedures and is preparing to pay one-off settlement allowances. Svetlana Palenko came to the registration centre in Lithuania’s Alytus from the…
Lithuania’s Social Security Ministry has drafted a bill to offer social benefits for Ukrainian war refugees. “Those are extra social guarantees for people, in addition to the temporary protection mechanism,” Social Security and Labour Minister Monika Navickiene told MPs while presenting the draft amendments. Once a person is granted temporary protection in Lithuania, they will…
The Lithuanian military will buy additional Javelin anti-tank missiles, launchers and other equipment for $40 million (about 36.3 million euros), the Ministry of Defence said on March 10. On March 9, Lithuania’s Defence Materiel Agency signed a contract amendment with the US administration. Discussions are also being held with the American administration on the earliest…
Lithuania’s LNG terminal can provide the country with alternatives for Russian gas supply, but its dependence on electricity imports from Russia is “a major problem”, says Lithuanian EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius. The country should speed up its plans to disconnect from the Russia-dominated network and synchronize its grid with those of Western Europe, he said…
The Lithuanian government may delay presenting a planned tax reform and, even if the bill reaches the parliament during its spring session, implementing the changes may be pushed back until a much later date. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said that she basically agreed that “such issues must be discussed rationally and pragmatically, considering the evolving…
All political groups in the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, support increasing the country’s defence budget as early as this year, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said following meetings with the groups’ leaders to discuss ways to bolster national security amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I would like to express my delight and pride there’s no disagreement…
As Lithuanian companies are severing ties with Russia, out of solidarity with Ukraine or for pragmatic considerations, the effects will be felt by some sectors more than by others. A slew of international brands have announced they are stopping business in Russia following Pootin’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden’s Ikea and H&M, Apple, Denmark’s Maersk, Germany’s…