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Presidential candidate Gitanas Nausėda‘s analysis of the cabinets work is inaccurate, cabinet vice chancellor Alimas Mačiulis and the PM’s press representative Tomas Beržinskas say.

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

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday that he does not rule out cutting the VAT rate for basic food products, but added that any such proposal must benefit consumers, not just retailers.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is on Wednesday meeting with Johan Dennelind, CEO of Swedish telecommunications company Telia Company operating Lithuanian mobile phone, TV and internet services company Telia Lietuva.

Lithuania's new Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius is described by people from his circles as a hard-working man who hates the bureaucratic attitude.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will seek that the entire material of a parliamentary investigation into interest group's unlawful influence on the country's political system should be made public.

Lithuania's top officials intend to use "Sakartvelas", an alternative name for "Gruzija", the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, that was approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) this week.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and visiting Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori will on Friday discuss possibilities to connect their capitals with direct flights.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has sacked his adviser for energy and environmental matters, Tomas Garasimavičius, who had lost his political confidence.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to deal with the situation regarding Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys when he returns to work after a holiday next week.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Mažeikiai on Friday to meet with Michal Rudnicki, the new CEO of Orlen Lietuva, company operated by the Polish oil concern Orlen.

Lithuania's government has taken the initial steps in negotiations with the European Commission on revision of the time directive, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, noting that the path will not be easy.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday appointed Antoni Mikulskis, deputy chief of the Vilnius County Police Headquarters, as director of the Financial Crimes Investigation Service, or FNTT, the prime minister's spokesman, Tomas Beržinskas, confirmed to BNS.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Thursday with Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats, to discuss the opposition party's possible support for the government's program.

As organizers of aviation sports competitions in Lithuania face problems due to the expiration of agreements with regional aero-clubs on the right of use airfields, the government plans to address this issue in the near future.

The prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will this week attempt to agree on a common liquefied natural gas (LNG) market to be able to apply for support from the European Union (EU).

Plans are coordinated with the Lithuanian government to set up a free economic zone (FEZ) next to Vilnius, Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday allocated almost 3 million euros for urgent works to deal with landslides on Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, Tomas Beržinskas, a spokesman for the prime minister, confirmed to BNS.