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Saulius Skvernelis, Eugenijus Jovaiša
Politics

The search for new ministers begins. Farmers not looking among their own

December 5, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Eugenijus Jovaiša, Mindaugas Puidokas, Robertas Šarknickas and Kęstutis Mažeika are “Farmer” group members, whose names are, according to lrt.lt sources, brought up among the potential candidates to the recently freed minister positions. The “Farmer” leaders do not reveal yet, what candidacies are being discussed and only emphasise that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will continue to form the cabinet out of professionals, not from colleagues working in Seimas, lrt.lt writes. […]

Jurgita Petrauskienė
Politics

J. Petrauskienė: the reforms we started touched numerous interests

December 4, 2018 Media Briefing 0

On Monday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced his dismissal of three ministers – Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, Minister of Environment Kęstutis Navickas and Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė. The latter’s ministry has been the site of a sit-in by some thirty teachers since Wednesday and around a thousand five hundred more teachers have now been on strike for four weeks. The lrt.lt news portal spoke to the departing minister Jurgita Petrauskienė. […]

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Culture

Lithuanian Film Week pays tribute to Lithuanian cinema in Warsaw

November 26, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Lithuanian Film Week, the most extensive presentation project of Lithuanian cinema in Poland over the last few years, kicked off Friday night in Warsaw’s Iluzjon cinema. The occasion crowns the year-long series of events celebrating Lithuanian cinema and the centenary of Lithuanian statehood. The opening of the Lithuanian Film Week invited members of Poland’s cultural community, film lovers and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions residing in Warsaw to see Mindaugas Survila’s celebrated documentary The Ancient Woods. The guests were greeted by the Lithuanian Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson, a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]

Edinburgh, Scotland
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian cultmin to attend cultural summit in Edinburgh

August 22, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson will attend the Edinburgh International Culture Summit’s plenary sessions and discussions. […]

Lithuanian Song Festival Song Day
Culture

Song festival: thousand of songs and participant elder than independent Lithuania

June 29, 2018 BNS 0

A thousand of songs will be performed during the Lithuanian Song Festival, starting this week, and some of them will be performed by a Lithuanian-Australian who is elder than an independent Lithuania. […]

CORPORATE

A cabinet whose time needs to be endured

December 11, 2017 Media Briefing 0

With Saulius Skvernelis’ cabinet reaching its first birthday, a chorus of Happy Birthday is nowhere to be heard. On the contrary, experts note that this cabinet has given little basis to expect fundamental reform in […]

Dainava district partisans. Winter 1945-1946
CORPORATE

A disappointing response to the tragic story of Lithuanian partisans that angered the Kremlin

August 7, 2017 Media Briefing 1

Just three years ago the Kremlin was greatly angered by a video about post-war freedom fighters in the Baltics shared on the NATO Twitter profile. In response to the video, Moscow once more took to […]