The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday voted in favour of allowing Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius to continue serving as prime minister after 88 lawmakers voted in favor, 36 were against and seven MPs abstained. The president then appointed him to lead the Government […]
Lithuania’s Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis has confirmed his resignation. His successor will be known later in the day, with the Seimas’ Social Democratic Vice-Speaker Algirdas Sysas named as one of the most realistic candidates. […]
A new government in Lithuania might be approved without several ministers if they fail to form transparent teams, says Rasa Svetikaitė, the Lithuanian president’s chief adviser on legal issues. […]
Lithuania will not back Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s candidacy for the position of EU high representative for foreign affairs and security polity, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday. […]
Dust in the training range, another day wearing out with the heat of July, a bulletproof jacket weighing down your shoulders with its 20 kg, your helmet suddenly heavier and rivers of sweat running down your face and body… […]
Lithuania’s priority projects in the field of energy security will also be financed under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism in the future. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Norway‘s outgoing Ambassador to Lithuania Leif Arne Ulland discussed this and other key areas of the bilateral partnership on monday, the MFA said. […]
Lithuania’s State Tourism Department does not take responsibility for the collapse of Go Planet Travel, a tour operator that embezzled the money of nearly 1,000 customers, since the regulator’s mandate does not include monitoring credit bureau’s data about the financial situation of tourism companies. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaite spoke on the phone with Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko on Monday, according to the president’s press service. […]
As her second term begins, President Dalia Grybauskaitė held a press conference on Monday, in which she indicated six key items for the next five years. […]
DELFI observer Ramūnas Bogdanas interviews former foreign minister of Iceland Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson who was the strongest supporter of Lithuania’s independence in 1990-91 among all Western politicians. He closely continues to monitor the development of Lithuania. […]
TLT/DELFI spoke to Gedinimas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas who also chairs the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, about surprises that came out of the elections to the European Parliament. […]
TLT/DELFI.lt spoke to Gedinimas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Chairman of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, about one possible outcome of the failed referendum on land sale to foreigners; there is a possibility, says Kirkilas, of a European-style far right political party emerging in Lithuania. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is of the opinion that the head of foreign diplomacy of the European Union should be at least neutral and able to coordinate positions on separate issues. […]
Lithuanian Energy Vice-Minister Renata Cytacka’s husband Mariusz Cezary Cytacki, a Polish citizen who works for Vilnius District Municipality, has lodged a complaint with the European Commission over fines he has received for his refusal to take a Lithuanian-language exam. […]
Leader of the Seimas Opposition Andrius Kubilius regrets that the Lithuanian Government has been stagnating. According to him, it does not seem that the situation will improve significantly in the coming two years. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed Algirdas Butkevičius, the ruling Social Democratic Party’s leader who heads the government, but has returned its mandate following presidential inauguration, as candidate for prime minister. […]
Lithuania’s government on Monday appointed Edis Urbanavičius, former president of the Handball Federation, to head the Physical Education and Sports Department. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Speaker of the Upper House of the National Diet of Japan, Masaaki Yamazaki, to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation in the fields of science and innovation. […]
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