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Ex-Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says people were hired in the transport sector during his term after competitions which considered candidates' professionalism, not personal ties.

Lithuania's outgoing Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis sees no possibility for Arvydas Vaitkus, the former chief executive officer of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, to return to head any strategic state enterprise.

Lithuania's outgoing Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis was replaced because of the high number of problems in the area he was in charge with, says Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

As the numbers of air passengers are growing in Lithuania, a new airport could be built between the country's largest cities of Vilnius and Kaunas by 2035, the country's Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says, adding that the final decision is expected in 2022.

Minister of Transport and Communications links complaints levied against himself to his dismissal of Arvydas Vaitkus from the Klaipėda State Seaport Directorate.

The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) remain at the top of party ratings, the most recent Spinter Tyrimai survey shows.

Lithuania is ready to assume leadership of the Rail Baltica project to ensure its timely and successful implementation, the Baltic country's Minister of Transport and Communications, Rokas Masiulis, wrote in a letter to the European Commission, the ministry announced on Wednesday.

The conservatives are burning candles, voters are putting unremoved waste on social networks, they are angry at the incessant traffic jams and the local press reports on bribing their voters before the municipal elections. But these are mere ripples on the surface because the truth is there are far ...

Minister of Education, Science and Sports Algirdas Monkevičius is starting meetings with education trade unions. The trade union, which organised a teachers’ strike in December states it will repeat its demands on raising hourly wages and reducing class sizes, lrt.lt writes.

When suspicions arose that exclusive conditions were granted for certain companies to pay several times lower prices for data at the Centre of Registers, audit was initiated. Now, the audit’s results have confirmed suspicions.

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 order to resolve the country’s problems with teachers’ wage payments and to find resources for this, audit is to be initiated in the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as 17 of its subordinate regulatory institutions. The audit was initiated by Minister of Transport and Communications Rok...

In order to create more favorable conditions for container ships, entering the Klaipėda seaport, the Ministry of Transport and Communications proposes to reduce the port charges for ships with a total capacity of more than 60 thousand units. The proposal to improve the port charges collection princi...

Lithuanian airports and road infrastructure are bursting and need upgrading, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says, adding that the upgrading of Vilnius Airport is the minimum task the state must complete.

There's a wish to demolish the old arrivals terminal at Vilnius Airport during its future reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says.

Lithuania's public funding for road construction and maintenance is set to grow by 60 million euros next year, but road builders do not expect to bag more contracts, saying the amount of work will remain unchanged from the current levels or will even decrease due to rising prices for materials and g...