Most of the ministerial candidates named on 24 November by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis lack political experience and are not closely linked to the Peasants and Greens, the party that has proposed them for the Cabinet posts, which may seriously hamper the new government’s work, leaders of parliamentary opposition parties said. […]
Three German solders were slightly injured when several shells landed near them during mortar fire drills as part of the Iron Sword 2016 multinational exercise, the Lithuanian military said on Thursday. […]
Economist Vilius Šapoka, candidate for Lithuania’s new finance minister, has so far refused to elaborate on the possible pension and tax reform, saying that all changes would need to be analyzed. […]
Linas Kukuraitis, the candidate for Lithuania’s social security and labor minister, is a supporter of home birth that is viewed controversially in Lithuania. All of his five children were born at home. […]
Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson proposed for Lithuania’s culture minister is a cultural diplomat and manager whose career includes roles of an actress, translator and even a singer in a profile drawn by culture figures familiar with her dossier and her personally. […]
Lithuania’s incoming government of Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis, whose line-up is dominated by ministers who are not members of any political party, may face risks due to instability, political scientists said. […]
Prior to the Seimas elections Stasys Jakeliūnas was viewed as the most likely candidate for the post of Minister of Finance. Surprisingly, however, he replaced the already confirmed Seimas Budget and Finance Committee chairman, while the PM chose Vilius Šapoka as a candidate for the post of Minister of Finance. According to Jakeliūnas this occured due to his stance on pension funds and pressure on financial institutions. […]
The preliminary line-up of candidates for minister posts only partially reflected predictions. Some “Peasant” candidates who have been discussed for months were left in the shadow with Saulius Skvernelis unveiling of the final list of names which was presented for presidential review. […]
Vilius Šapoka, the candidate to take the post of finance minister in Lithuania’s new government, is a pro-active and tactful person who tends to seek compromise and listens to all parties before making decisions and an economist with a wealth of experience in capital market supervision. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will not comment on Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis‘ candidates to take ministerial posts in his Cabinet only after she has personally met with them, the president’s spokeswoman said on Thursday. […]
Raimundas Karoblis, the man who is set to become Lithuania’s next defense minister, has served as a diplomat for more than 20 years and, as the country’s permanent representative to the European Union in Brussels, coordinated Lithuania’s EU presidency three years ago. […]
The former “Peasant” shadow cabinet can turn into smoke. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis cheerfully noted to LRT.lt that “shadows dissipate eventually”. So who is going to lay claim to minister posts? […]
Now is a suitable time for the Homeland Union to take care of its unity, seek a new core message and perhaps – a new chairman. Such was the view of political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius talking to LRT.lt. […]
Lithuania’s new parliament will have to do without an opposition leader, at least for now, as the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Liberal Movement, the biggest opposition parties, have failed to reach a deal on the post. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday announced his candidates for ministerial posts to the parliament. […]
Ukraine is planning to create civilian paramilitary and volunteer military forces on the model of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the National Defence Volunteer Force. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis expects to present his candidates for ministerial posts to the president and the general public by the end of this week. […]
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevičius, in London on Wednesday that he wants to visit Lithuania, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Ukraine is ready not only for the so-called Crimean corridor scenario, but also for much larger-scale military action by pro-Russian separatists in its territory, General Viktor Muzhenko, the chief of the general staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said. […]
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