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From doctors to teachers. Against children’s rights protection law changes and for the impeachment of a member of Seimas. The lrt.lt news portal presents protests held in 2018, which drew crowds and caused ripples throughout the public.

With agreement reached on improvements to wage payment procedures, teachers are ending their strike on Friday. That said, the trade union, which initiated it states that the strikes could be renewed next year.

In an interview to LRT Television’s Dienos Tema, President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated that out of concern over teacher wages payment reform, she offered her aid to both the now dismissed Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė and to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. That said, the la...

A teachers’ strike is raging in Lithuania even though Saulius Skvernelis had to sacrifice Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė.

Eugenijus Jovaiša, Mindaugas Puidokas, Robertas Šarknickas and Kęstutis Mažeika are “Farmer” group members, whose names are, according to lrt.lt sources, brought up among the potential candidates to the recently freed minister positions. The “Farmer” leaders do not reveal yet, what candidacies are b...

On Monday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced his dismissal of three ministers – Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Minister of Environment Kęstutis Navickas and Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė. The latter’s ministry has been the site of a sit-in by some thirt...

Probably no one expected Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ decision to replace three of his cabinet ministers – education and science, culture, as well as environment. Even President Dalia Grybauskaitė, to whom the PM intends to hand the dismissal documents, stated that she only has no doubt about ...

Liberal Movement leader Eugenijus Gentvilas tells lrt.lt that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who has announced the firing of three ministers, may seek to provoke a dissolution of the cabinet and use this to portray himself as a victim in the presidential elections, lrt.lt writes.

By firing three of his cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has won some time to try and contain the situation, however it is only a temporary solution, public relations expert Arijus Katauskas tells lrt.lt. “If all social groups and especially educators do not back down, the prime m...

As teachers' strike in Lithuania enters into the third week, the government is planning to hold the Minister of Education and Science accountable.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will assess Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė's behavior after the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) makes it decisions.

Professor Virginijus Šikšnys of Vilnius University will receive a prestigious award, the Kavli Prize, for the discovery of a revolutionary tool for DNA editing at a ceremony is Oslo on Tuesday.

Lithuanian and Polish education ministers have agreed that experts from both countries will draw up by the end of the year guidelines for tackling national minority education issues.

Around 323,600 children will start the new academic year in September, 3,000 fewer than last year.

Polish Minister of National Education Anna Zalewska is to pay a visit to Lithuania later this week.

Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science says it has no plans to introduce a national ban on mobile phones at schools, leaving the right for schools to decide themselves on this issue.

Teachers in Lithuania will stage a warning strike on Friday, with around 1,000 teachers from 50 educational institutions set to joint the protest, Andrius Navickas, chairman of the Lithuanian Education Employees Trade Union, initiating the strike, says.

Some 20.5 million euros in European Union (EU) investments will be earmarked to projects conducted in Lithuania by foreign scientists and Lithuanian scientists working abroad until 2020.

Lithuania's Education and Science Ministry says that the studies of the University of Education Sciences (LEU) should be terminated in July, while students of the university should continue their education at the Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) after restructuring.