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Earlier this week, the Government approved a proposal to convert state-owned enterprise Turto Bankas into a public limited company, the Ministry of Finance said in a press release.

Lithuania’s Government has signed a deal with Orlen Lietuva, a company of the Polish oil group Orlen, pledging around EUR 54 million in state support for a billion-euro project to modernise the Mažeikiai-based oil refinery.

The new Government is ready to "seriously reduce" the bureaucratic burden that hinders business projects and to assume related risks, says Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas who has discussed the possibility of reviewing a ban on export of dual use goods with businesspeople.

Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said Monday that the Government plans to start reviewing the state budget for 2025 in mid-February.

The new Government plans to make a visit to Ukraine next week, Social Democrat Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has announced.

On Thursday, 12 December, the Parliament of Lithuania voted to approve the new Government’s programme and new ministers took oaths of office in the afternoon.

Prime Minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas formally presented the programme for the future Government to the Seimas on Thursday.

The Lithuanian Government has approved a proposal to amend the National List of Controlled Dual-Use Goods to restrict the export from Lithuania to third countries of goods that could be used in Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. These changes are aimed at reducing threats to the security ...

Social well-being, investment in security and strengthening of public services are the key priorities for the next four years, according to the 19th left Government’s programme made public on Wednesday. The document drawn and registered by the ruling Social Democrats, Nemunas Dawn and Democrats For ...

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda has signed the decree on the composition of the new Government. The new Cabinet so far will be two ministers short as it is still unclear who will head the Ministries of Environment and Justice.

President Gitanas Nausėda may approve the new Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday, his chief adviser Frederikas Jansonas has revealed.

President Gitanas Nausėda says a quite stable Government can be set up by the Social Democrats, Democrats For Lithuania and the Farmers and Greens (LVŽS) if the parties manage to find a consensus on values-based issues.

The Government has confirmed the proposal that Lithuania should establish diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Tonga.

The party Democrats For Lithuania on Monday presented potential candidates to the new Government, which would be formed after parliamentary elections on 13 October.

On Monday, 19 August, the project Pupils to the Government was launched for the 16th time.

On Monday, the Defence Fund package, which includes proposals to increase the national defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) for the period 2025-2030, was approved by the Government. According to Minister of Finance Gintarė Skaistė, the proposed package consists of four parts: the e...

Newly re-elected President Gitanas Nausėda says he will be meeting with Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to discuss the Cabinet’s possible reshuffle early next week.

President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Tuesday took part in debates hosted by public radio LRT prior to the second round of the 2024 presidential election, which will take place on 26 May. Nausėda expressed his dissatisfaction at the composition of the Government and once a...

On Monday in Lithuania, President Gitanas Nausėda met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The head of state stressed that permanent deployment of a German brigade is Lithuania’s priority in the defence area.

Lithuania will make even more data available and easier to share for businesses and citizens. The Government has approved a draft law submitted by the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation to implement the European Data Governance Act, the ministry has announced.