Lithuania

The Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, will not vote on the civil unions bill on 18 July, the last day of the spring session, thus postponing the vote until after the summer

The monthly minimum wage in Lithuania could exceed the €1.000 threshold before taxes in 2025, predicts the Minister of Social Security and Labour

The Tripartite Council, representing the government, employers and trade unions, agreed that the monthly minimum wage should be increased from January 2024, but failed to agree on the amount

The Lithuanian government has decided to go to European Union Court over the European Commission's decision to keep frozen €8,7 million of the €26 million Recovery and Resilience Facility grant for Lithuania

Although the centre-left Lithuanian Social Democratic Party is currently leading the polls in European elections, the low turnout could favour the ruling Patriotic Democratic Union of Lithuania

The National Strategy for Energy Independence 2050, which aims to generate all the electricity it needs, has been approved by the Lithuanian government

The Attorney General ordered the opening of a preliminary investigation to determine whether the purchase of a large quantity of COVID-19 vaccines at the height of pandemic and the subsequent disposal of some of them without using them constituted a crime

The Ministry of Agriculture is intensifying checks on imported vegetables, in cooperation with the State Food and Veterinary Service, to prevent illegal imports from Russia

The government hosted an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of country's accession to the EU with former Lithuanian chief negotiators as well as politicians, diplomats, civil servants and experts; Lithuania joined the bloc on 1 May 2004

The infrastructure design of the Kaunas passenger station area will be carried out by Spanish company Ardanuy Ingenieria under a contract worth 9,88 million euros; the project is an integral part of the new European Rail Baltica Kaunas node

The country will buy 3.000 drones for Ukraine and allocate €15 million for rehabilitation programs for the wounded; it will also allocate €5 million for education and €12 million to help veterans, rebuild schools and kindergartens, and organize shelters

"Let's give a home to returning birds and wings to Ukrainian soldiers fighting" is the motto of a campaign to support Ukraine, bringing together Latvians and Lithuanians to raise funds for drones by painting birdhouses