One year after the first-ever direct mayoral elections in Lithuania, public trust in municipal authorities have grown, but the systemic problems are programmed into the local governments, experts say. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border violations by Russia. […]
The European Parliament will consider Lithuanian prosecutors’ request to strip Rolandas Paksas, the Order and Justice party’s leader, of his immunity as an MEP. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed Tomas Žilinskas, the director of the Interior Ministry’s Public Security Policy Department, as the country’s new minister of the interior affairs. […]
Outgoing Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis could have breached official ethics by using the Ministry’s public relations resources for campaigning, according to the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has proposed Tomas Žilinskas, an employee of the Interior Ministry, for the post of interior minister. […]
The Lithuanian parliament is resuming discussions of the so-called new social model, a package of reforms to the country’s Labour Code and welfare system. […]
Order and Justice leader MEP Rolandas Paksas suggested two more candidates for the interior minister’s job to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Monday. […]
The ruling Social Democratic Party, which had until recently enjoyed unwavering popularity with voters, has found itself on a shaky ground recently. Political analysts say it is because the party’s leader, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, has failed to control controversial situations as he should. […]
The Ministry of Justice says it will keep pushing a bill on online voting after the Lithuanian parliament rejected a piece of legislation on the principles of online voting in March. […]
Former interior minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius has been dismissed from the post of adviser to director of the Lithuanian National Land Service at his own request amid corruption suspicions, the institution has said. […]
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year’s first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties. […]
Social Democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has accused the Seimas opposition of undermining democracy and the rule of law on Thursday while responding to questions about Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas at the Lithuanian parliament. […]
Long-time member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, MP Egidijus Vareikis is leaving the party to join the Peasant and Greens Union. […]
Vitas Vasiliauskas, board chairman of the central Bank of Lithuania, will head the bank for another five-year term. […]
The Lithuanian parliament moved on Thursday to launch an impeachment process against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, calling the general elections on October 9, her press office said on Thursday. […]
Additions to the Labour Code reform package proposed by the parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labour have “unbalanced” it, say employer representatives, accusing lawmakers of “radical populism”. […]
Critics say that the Lithuanian intelligence body’s proposals to make spreading disinformation a criminal offence in order “to step up information security” are reminiscent of the Soviet times and may lead to restrictions on the freedom of expression. […]
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