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President says she voted for change
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after casting her ballot in early voting in the parliamentary elections that she had voted for change. […]
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Politics
Early voting in parlt elections opens in Lithuania
Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the parliamentary elections of Lithuania. President Dalia Grybauskaitė will also take the opportunity to cast her vote early at the Vilnius municipality. […]
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Govt representative turns to court over bilingual street signs in Vilnius
Vilda Vaičiūnienė, the Lithuanian government’s representative in the Vilnius county, has turned to court to prove that the decorative bilingual street signs in Vilnius had been put up illegally. […]
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Peasants, conservatives catching up with SocDems in popularity
The ruling Social Democrats continue to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings, but other parties are catching up, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website. […]
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Emigration a key topic in Seimas elections
Mass emigration from Lithuania has become a key topic in this year’s general elections, with most political parties vowing to create more well-paid jobs to lure people back home, but laying emphasis on different aspects of achieving this goal. […]
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January 13 coup defendants living in Russia willing to take part in proceedings in Lithuania
January 13 coup defendants living in Russia are willing to take part in the judicial proceedings in Lithuania, however, have not yet stated their final decision. […]
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Church urges voters to support politicians defending Christian family views
Lithuania’s Catholic Church on Friday urged the community to vote for the politicians who support Christian views of families. […]
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Most leaders of Seimas election lists back same-sex partnerships
If ordinary members of Lithuania’s next parliament back the ideas of their leaders, the country may adopt a historic decision to legalize homosexual relations within the next four years. […]
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ELECTIONS. Only takes 5 minutes to wish the debate to end
“The problem seems to be that already after five minutes, you end up wanting that the debate would end,” Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) lecturer, political scientist Rima Urbonaitė shared her impressions on the Tuesday debate […]
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OSCE, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian NGOs to observe Seimas’ elections
A group of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and members of non-governmental organizations from Russia, Poland and Ukraine will observe next month’s parliamentary elections in Lithuania. […]
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Seimas speaker would vote Clinton for US president
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė would vote for Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton in US presidential elections. […]
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Government sacks chief vet Milius
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the prime minister’s spokesman Mindaugas Janulionis told journalists at the government. […]
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Party membership up to 5% of adults
The number of members of political parties in Lithuania has risen by 3,400 to 118,800 over the past year, which accounts for 5 percent of the country’s adult population, shows data published by Statistics Lithuania on Monday. […]
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Nearly 8% of Lithuanian employees part of trade unions in 2015
The number of members of trade unions was on the decline over the past six years, uniting 92,000 members or 7.7 percent of all employees last year, Statistics Lithuania said on Monday. […]
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Seimas starts discussions on cutting number of MPs
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday started discussions on the Labour Party‘s proposal to reduce the number of members of the Seimas to 111, from the current 141 members. […]
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Army acquisitions scandal pulls down trust in Armed Forces and Olekas
The story of overpriced kitchen utensils has markedly pulled down the public confidence in Lithuania’s Armed Forces and Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Liberals, Order and Justice party wouldn’t win Seimas mandates
The political corruption scandal has undermined voter confidence in the Liberal Movement, while the trust in the ruling Labour Party and the Order and Justice party has also declined, shows the latest public opinion poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday, while the popularity of the Anti-corruption Coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis is on the rise. […]
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Government is set to fire chief vet
The Lithuanian government is planning to dismiss Jonas Milius, director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS), from the job, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday. […]