Politics
Labor Party elects Uspaskich as leader
Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party’s new chairman at a congress in Kaunas on Sunday. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian Labour Party to elect new leader next January
The Lithuanian Labor Party’s council has decided to convene a congress next January to elect a new chairman. […]
Politics
Labor Party may change name to dissociate itself from law-enforcement probes
The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case. […]
Politics
Uspaskich’s return to head Labor Party would have no future – Lithuanian PM
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not be a promising step. […]
Politics
Pinskuvienė steps down from leadership of Lithuania’s Labor Party
Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania’s parliament, announced resignation from the post during a meeting of party’s council on Tuesday evening. […]
Culture
Kevišas to step down as Vilnius opera house director in July
Gintautas Kevišas is to step down as director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT) in July after Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson on Wednesday signed an order to cancel the results of last August’s competition for the position. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s culture minister ‘had clash of interest’
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis of the Labour Party had a clash of interests by failing to declare links with the Bulgarian-registered company Agrolitas, the Chief Official Ethics Commission has found. […]
Society
Minister calls for emergency protocol over Vilnius landmark
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has urged the Municipality of Vilnius to call an emergency situation over the crumbling hill of the Gediminas Castle.
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Politics
Lithuania’s culture minister owns undeclared assets in Bulgaria
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, delegated to the cabinet by the Labour Party, owns property in Bulgaria that he has failed to include in his declaration of assets.
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CORPORATE
Lithuania’s Labour Party announces election candidate list
Lithuania’s Labour Party approved 69 candidates on Sunday at the party’s meeting for single member constituencies for the upcoming parliament elections, two constituencies remain vacant. The Lithuanian electoral system is a hybrid: 71 parliamentarians are […]
Culture
Cast and crew watch BBC’s War and Peace screening in Vilnius
The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s film industry is seeing a surge. […]
Economy
Which Lithuanian ministers get the highest salaries?
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less. […]
Society
Lithuanian minister on Russian army choir concert: No place for Moscow’s divisive policies
Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has commented on the decision of Visaginas Culture Centre to cancel a performance by the Alexander Ensemble, the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, saying that there is no place in Lithuania for Moscow’s divisive policies. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s governing coalition will survive despite Culture Ministry controversy, parliament speaker believes
The Lithuanian ruling coalition will survive until the parliamentary elections, despite recent disagreements over deputy culture minister, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s deputy culture minister steps down
On Tuesday, the recently and controversially appointed Deputy Minister of Culture Vytautas Vigelis announced about his resignation. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Labour Party threatens to leave coalition over deputy minister row
Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy minister Vytautas Vigelis within a week, the Labour Party‘s leader Valentinas Mazuronis rushed off to the Government’s Office. The politician is convinced that the deputy minister was appointed lawfully, although the PM insists that Vigelis should be fired. […]
Culture
Culture
Lithuanian culture minister: We must defend our identity, not only territory
Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has stressed that when it comes to the country’s security, attention should be paid not only to the territorial defence but also to strenghtening national identity and people’s trust in the state. […]
Culture
MP proposes to rethink how heritage councils are formed
Member of Parliament Kęstutis Masiulis has approached Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis requesting to change the principles of how the Immovable Cultural Heritage Assessment Council (NTPVT) and other expert groups are formed. […]
Culture
New law may ease removal of Soviet sculptures from Vilnius Green Bridge
Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage. […]