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- Taxation reform to help offset economic downtur
- 2008/12/15
- The Lithuanian Government has approved draft amendments to taxation laws, which have been tabled along with state and municipal budget proposals for 2009. The package includes legal amendments related to the measures provided for in the Crisis Management Plan. Due to risk realisation and deteriorating macroeconomic environment, the initial budget revenue was projected to come down by LTL 2 billion. The proposed measures are to offset the loss ensuring the stability of public finances.
- The New Government in Lithuania Starts with the Stability Plan
- 2008/12/12
- The new centre-right coalition Government of Lithuania starts with the implementation of a specific measure plan to sustain financial stability. The Government also aims at introducing necessary structural and state governance reforms. Newly appointed Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, a Conservative, is an experienced politician who had already headed the Government eight years ago and introduced reforms that led to economic growth.
- Prime Minister Kubilius to present Lithuania’s positions at the European Council
- 2008/12/11
- Today the European Council is going to focus on energy and climate change. Lithuania seeks to present the other EU member states the exceptional circumstances of Lithuania following the closure of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and, as a result, the increase in the CO2 emissions. Lithuania also seeks special compensatory mechanism to buffer economic and social problems that can arise in the train of it.
- New Prime Minister to head for Brussels
- 2008/12/09
- On 10-12 December, new Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius is leaving on his first working visit to Brussels to take part at the European Council where the heads of states and governments intend to focus on energy, climate change, economy reinvigoration, and stability of financial markets and other issues of EU importance. Prime Minister’s agenda also includes meetings with heads and representatives of EU institutions. The Prime Minister will look into the possibilities of raising EU support financial package for Lithuania for 2007-2013 with a special focus on energy projects and important economic sectors.
- Lecture by Prime Minsiter Gediminas Kirkilas at the NATO Defense College in Rome: 21 century challenges for the security of the transatlantic community
- 2008/10/02
- Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am extremely delighted to visit NATO Defense College today, which, with all due respect to all the other institutions, is undoubtedly the key academic institution of the Alliance. That has been demonstrated by its impressive history alone: the idea of such a college had originated with President Eisenhower and has been put into effect soon after the establishment of NATO itself.