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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has proposed including nine legislative initiatives into the parliament's spring agenda, including a public procurement reform, reducing the scale of clearcutting and giving parents raising a child under 12 an additional day-off.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the amendments to the Law on Forests, adopted by the country's parliament in July, 2017 as a matter of exceptional urgency and stipulating a reform of forestry enterprises, are unconstitutional as exceptional urgency procedures can only be used ...
After the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union promised to the opposition conservatives to bring back the value-added tax (VAT) discount, the parliament on Tuesday approved the restructuring scheme of the country's forestry sector that has triggered heated debates in the society.
Juozas Olekas, a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party's (LSDP) political group in the Seimas, has accused the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the senior coalition partner, and the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats of trading in influence.
Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas proposes to establish a single enterprise to manage state forests.
