Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has so far not made mistakes, which would bar his path to the office of president. What is being described as the prime minister’s communication mistakes and nonsense may have not only harmed his image, but also served it, Vladimiras Laučius writes on lrt.lt. […]
Incumbent Kaunas city Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis intends to participate in the springtime Kaunas city mayor elections in a bid for a second term. V. Matijošaitis will also be leading the United Kaunas electoral roll, which is to participate in the elections to Kaunas city council, a press release sent to lrt.lt states. […]
People imagine the work of spies, especially those of the Russian regime, based on films about James Bond or Stierlitz, Vilnius Institute of Political Analysis expert Marius Laurinavičius tells LRT Radio. According to him, often it is imagined that spies gather top secret information, however it is often the contrary. Member of Seimas Vytautas Bakas also states he believes the perception of spy stories is often too primitive, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas passed amendments to the referendum law, which increases the voting deadline to 10PM and expands the number of voting locations abroad with the aim of increasing voter turnout. Furthermore, the new law establishes an institution, which would perform campaigning when the Seimas declares the referendum. The voting bar to make decisions remains unchanged. The new redaction of the law was prepared by a Seimas workgroup for the dual citizenship referendum, lrt.lt writes. […]
According to information obtained by the LRT Television show Panorama, at least 6 companions of Algirdas Paleckis are under suspicion in the spying case. One of them is the leader of the Socialist People’s Front created by A. Paleckis and is also a figure in the MG Baltic case. Meanwhile, Jedinstvo leader Valery Ivanov, who was released from arrest yesterday, has not been charged with spying, lrt.lt writes. […]
With agreement reached on improvements to wage payment procedures, teachers are ending their strike on Friday. That said, the trade union, which initiated it states that the strikes could be renewed next year. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas voted in a final rejection of the LRT investigation conclusions. However, this does not mean that the majority will stop seeking to change the public broadcaster’s management. Already in spring, talks could turn to the Lithuanian national radio and television law, lrt.lt writes. […]
The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has ruled that member of Seimas Gabrielius Landsbergis has not breached the public and private interest coordination in state service law (VPIDVTĮ) requirements to declare private interests in due time and as per procedure, a VTEK press release states. The inquiry was performed on the basis of a request by “Farmer” member of Seimas Agnė Širinskienė, lrt.lt writes. […]
The LRT Investigation Department has uncovered another Russian partner to Agrokoncernas. Fertiliser is also imported from the fertiliser factory Kuibyshev Azot, which is managed and whose shareholder is a member of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia, Viktor Gerasimenko. The head of the fertiliser factory supported V. Putin during the presidential elections and several years ago successfully ran in regional elections together with United Russia. The only shareholder of Agrokoncernas, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis sees no issue with such business partnerships, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions was held in Seimas. As Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who chaired the sitting, noted – this vote was unprecedented. Amendments proposed by Aušrinė Armonaitė and the conclusions‘ first article were approved, but the vote on the second article did not pass. When voting on the full conclusions project, the Seimas also did not approve it, lrt.lt writes. […]
While we are being taught to purchase gifts as early as possible and the late November Black Friday should help in distributing holiday shopper numbers, many of us still leave Christmas shopping to the last minute. Retailers interviewed by lrt.lt have observed this and note that they even hire extra staff for the Christmas period and change work schedules just so they can service the influx of customers, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas should be holding its final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions. They propose to change LRT management, establishing a board, changing council member appointment procedures and shortening their terms, lrt.lt writes. […]
The head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) head Remigijus Baltrėnas aim to calm passions, which flared after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called upon the intelligence services. The intelligence heads do not reveal, regarding what the PM called on them, however they assure that they have observed no hints of unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
Understanding that they may lack votes in Seimas to approve the LRT commission’s conclusions, the “Farmers” are seeking to reach their goals at any cost. According the Liberals, in order to approve the ad hoc commission’s investigation conclusions, the “Farmers” are taking to procedural manipulations, a press release from the Liberal Movement states according to lrt.lt. […]
Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) deputy chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė assures that the heads of the country’s intelligence services – the State Security Department (VSD) and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) – on Wednesday did not present any information linked to potential unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
What do Saulius Skvernelis‘ unusual actions – reaction to teachers‘ strikes, dismissing ministers, talks about coups and contacting the special services regarding the Kremlin‘s hand among politicians – say about his goals? According to some experts, this is a well thought out strategy, however others see it as only failure to maintain calm, lrt.lt writes. […]
Two ministries remain without a minister – education and science, as well as environment. The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union partners, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party are proposing their own candidate to the office of environment minister, their Seimas group prefect Andrius Palionis, lrt.lt writes. […]
In order to resolve the country’s problems with teachers’ wage payments and to find resources for this, audit is to be initiated in the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as 17 of its subordinate regulatory institutions. The audit was initiated by Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis, who is the interim minister of education and science, a press release states according to lrt.lt. […]
The government is aiming to stabilise the demographic situation by 2021 and predicts that by 2030, we will once more become a country of three million. This is to be achieved through greater birth rates, larger return grants for returning citizens and longer life expectancy. However, migration expert Karolis Žibas notes that the emigrant attraction programmes will not work out until the country’s socioeconomic situation improves. Meanwhile, demographics expert Vlada Stankūnienė explains that the planned direct grants will not encourage larger birth rates, lrt.lt writes. […]
The striking teachers are awaiting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ apology, but he does not appear intent to do so. The team assembled by the PM, which is preparing a long-term public sector wage payment project features neither striking, nor non-striking teachers. The trade union confederation chairwoman stated that the goal is the lowest earning civil servants, but teachers were not mentioned among them, lrt.lt writes. […]
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