Last week, the main news in Lithuania were proposals to reduce the age of alcohol sales to 18 years, to extend the sales period, and the court rejected the Russian pop star’s appeal against the entry ban. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health plans to introduce COVID-19 on beaches.
In Lithuania, the CB raised its GDP growth estimate to 5.1% by 2021
On Monday, June 14, the Central Bank of Lithuania raised its estimate of the country’s GDP growth to 5.1 percent this year, referring to better-than-expected economic indicators in the first quarter of this year. In March, the Central Bank predicted that the Lithuanian economy would grow by 2.9 percent this year. Growth in Lithuania is expected to slow to 4.1 percent next year.
President Noseda asked Biden to strengthen his regional US military presence
On Monday, June 14, in Brussels, the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausuda met with the President of the United States Joe Biden to discuss the possibilities of strengthening the US military presence in the Baltic States. The leaders of the three Baltic states met with the President of the United States. NATO summit.
cOurs rejects the pop pop Russian’s appeal against the entry ban
On Monday, June 14, the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court rejected the appeal of Russian pop star Philip Kirkorov against the immigration administration’s decision to ban him from entering Lithuania for five years. A Russian star has been banned from entering Lithuania in support of the Kremlin and the annexation of Crimea.
The NATO summit in 2023 will take place in Lithuania
Alliance leaders agreed on Monday, June 14, that a NATO summit would be held in Lithuania in two years, as Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausuda confirmed this to journalists in Brussels.
Fifth Lithuanian patients admit to bribery of doctors
One in five (19 percent) of the population who visited health care institutions admitted to giving a bribe and one in four (25 percent) used personal relationships at least once, according to data published by Lithuanian Transparency International on Tuesday, June 15. ,. The Anti-Corruption Guard said Lithuania was still one of the most corrupt countries in the European Union. For comparison: 2 percent of patients surveyed in Estonia and 10 percent in Latvia admitted to giving bribes to doctors.
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The prosecutor’s office is investigating a suspicious attempt to bribe deputies
On Tuesday, June 15, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced that it was taking over the pre-trial investigation in Lithuania in an attempt to bribe a member of the national parliament, said Prosecutor General Nida Gronskini. The pre-trial investigation began on April 27 after Mantas Maldikis, a member of the ruling Conservative National Union of the Lithuanian Christian Democrats, informed the Special Investigation Service of an attempted bribery. According to the pre-trial investigation, the deputy deputy deputy at the Pueduka Parliament House contacted Maldek and offered him a bribe of 50 thousand euros and in return asked to support the initiative to suspend or postpone the adoption of amendments to the Criminal Code. for an indefinite period. Lottery tax and games and attempts to get other Members to do the same.
Liberals are proposing to reduce the sales age for alcoholic beverages to 18 and to extend the sales period
On Wednesday, June 16, the Seimas Liberal Political Group of the Lithuanian Parliament proposed amendments to the Alcohol Control Law to lower the current age of alcohol sales, as well as to limit equal hours of alcohol sales to all days of the week. The group proposes lowering the sales age depending on the strength of the alcoholic beverage to allow 18-year-olds and older to drink alcohol with an alcohol content of up to 15 percent, as well as to allow stronger beverages to be 20-year-old, the Communication said. The Liberal Movement also recommends setting the same hours for selling alcoholic beverages – from 10:00 to 22:00 – on all days of the week. The party also proposes lifting the current excessive restrictions on alcohol advertising.
The opposition expresses no confidence in MP Pāvilionis
On Wednesday, June 16, members of the Lithuanian parliamentary opposition handed over signatures to Speaker Viktor Amelito-Nielsen, who had collected no confidence in the chairman of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, Žygimantas Pavilionis, who represents the ruling conservative Patriotic Party. Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats. Representatives of the opposition also threatened to withdraw from the parliamentary committee if Pāvilionis continued to chair it. On Tuesday, June 15, the opposition collected about 50 signatures in the House of Representatives to dismiss Pavilion for his talks with Russian pranks. The video shows Pavilionis expressing his views and opinions on the ruling bloc on various foreign policy issues, and at the end of the conversation also urges his interlocutor to ignore the position of Lithuanian President Jitan Soda, describing the president as “symbolic. “
Lithuania rose to 30th place in the global competitiveness ranking
This year, Lithuania rose by one step to 30th place in the IMD global competitiveness ranking of 64 countries. However, the country lags behind Estonia, which rose to 26th place, from 28th place last year, with the best results in the Eastern European region, including the Baltic States, the Lithuanian Export Promotion Agency. Company Lithuania Announced on Thursday, June 17th. Lithuania ranks second out of 12 countries in the entire Eastern European region. This year, Latvia rose by three notches to 38th place, and Poland to 47th place.
The Ministry of Health plans to supply COVID-19 vaccine to beaches
The Lithuanian Ministry of Health plans to introduce COVID-19 vaccines on state beaches on Friday, June 18, the news portal 15min.lt reported. The ministry wants to increase the number of vaccination sites and improve the availability of the vaccine as much as possible. Shots for those who still doubt the jade. Approximately 42.6 percent of the Lithuanian population has already received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. Lithuania reported 72 cases of a new coronavirus, one death, on Thursday, June 17.
Members register a proposal to set up an intelligence ombudsman
On Friday, June 18, a group of Lithuanian deputies representing the ruling and opposition majority registered a bill to establish an intelligence ombudsman in Lithuania. The authority will be responsible for “monitoring the legality of the activities of independent intelligence agencies and assessing their compliance with the requirements for the protection of human rights and freedoms”, the draft law states.
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