Society
Lithuania to have no separate sex offender register
The chairwoman of the Seimas Committee on Social Affairs and Labor has given up the idea, at least for now, of setting up a register of sex offenders in Lithuania. […]
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Politics
Širinskienė, Kubilienė, Šalaševičiūtė approved as heads of Seimas panels
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday approved former health minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė as chairwoman of the parliamentary Social Affairs and Labour Committee, Agnė Širinskienė of the Farmers and Greens Union as the head of the Committee on Legal Affairs and another LFGU MP Asta Kubilienė as head of the Health Affairs Committee. […]
Politics
MPs discuss setting up sex offender register to protect children
In an effort to protect children, Lithuanian lawmakers are discussing setting up a sex offender register or placing sex offenders into a separate section within the existing register of suspects, accused persons and convicts. […]
CORPORATE
A. M. Brazauskas’ old guard and their true faces
What was and is the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party? A party, whose leader Gintautas Paluckas has just announced that with party veterans having withdrawn or being removed, an era has ended and his critics have […]
CORPORATE
Kirkilas – this drama is partly of our own creation
The ambiguity in the Social Democrat ranks that has continued for some time now ended on Saturday, with half an hour left to the party council meeting. Having firmly stood by not withdrawing from the […]
Politics
Social Democratic Party’s rebels exit after calls for expel them
Eight members of the political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party terminated their membership in the party on Saturday, just an hour before the Social Democratic Party’s council was planned to consider their expulsion over refusal to obey the party’s decision. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
Who’ll win the Seimas elections?
Most observers reckon that, after the Seimas elections, the nucleus of the ruling coalition will be made up of Social Democrats and Liberals, with Ramūnas Karbauskas’s Peasant and Green party and other independent parties contributing to the coalition as well. […]
Politics
Four key priorities targeted by new nominee for health minister
With 8 months left until the Seimas elections, the new Health Minister’s tenure may be short-lived, but Juras Požela, the successor nominated by prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, says he intends to accomplish quite a bit during that short period.
Politics
Corruption scandals hit government and prime minister’s ratings
Corruption suspicions in several Lithuanian ministries have severely damaged the government’s ratings, a new poll shows. Popularity of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his party, the Social Democrats, has suffered as well. […]
Politics
Finance minister steps in as acting minister of healthcare
Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius is stepping in as acting head of the Ministry of Healthcare until a replacement for Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė is found. The prime minister has said he has two candidates in mind, but would not reveal the names before the end of February. […]
CORPORATE
Three candidates in running to replace healthcare minister
Three candidates are in the running to replace former Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė who stepped down from her position three weeks ago. […]
Politics
Social democrat Andriukaitis accuses president of fuelling political crises
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is fuelling political crises in the country instead of seeking stability and balance, says European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the honorary chairman of the Social Democratic Party. […]
Politics
President signs decree to sack healthcare minister
Lithuania‘s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree to dismiss Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, a social democrat, from the post of healthcare minister. […]
CORPORATE
PM must accept responsibility for corruption in his cabinet, president Grybauskaitė says
The prime minister has to take responsibility for corruption scandals that have rattled his cabinet in recent months, said Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė after meeting with PM Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday morning. […]
CORPORATE
Resignations of ministers for wrongdoing ‘a good sign’, say analysts
It is good practice that Lithuanian politicians who have done something wrong are forced out of their ministerial posts, according to political scientist Lauras Bielinis. […]
Politics
President wants ‘serious conversation’ with prime minister
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to have a “serious conversation” with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius about corruption suspicions that have plagued his cabinet over the last week. The meeting is scheduled for next week, after Butkevičius comes back from vacation. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM will not cut short Caribbean holiday despite cabinet turmoil
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is not planning to cut short his vacation in the Caribbean despite several of his cabinet ministers becoming embroiled in controversy. […]
Politics
Healthcare minister failed to live up to expectations, president’s office says
Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has been urged to step down for a “variety of reasons” that are not only to do with corruption in the healthcare system, says advisor to the Lithuanian president Mindaugas Lingė. […]
Politics
Healthcare minister to resign when PM comes back from holidays
Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, who said last Friday she was stepping down over suspected corruption, will submit her letter of resignation after the prime minister comes back from holidays next week. […]