Lithuania: Defence, education to remain budget priorities in 2025: PM

National security, defence, and education will remain the main priorities of Lithuania’s state budget in 2025, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte stated, BNS reports. Speaking in an interview with Info TV, Simonyte said that the government would spend a large part of budget revenues to raise pensions, increase teacher salaries, and service the public debt. The government expects to raise EUR 16.98bn in revenue and to spend EUR 20.6bn in 2025.