PM Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

‘Lithuanian president is pressuring government to resign’, claim Social Democrats

The Social Democrats claimed on Friday that Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been subjecting Lithuania’s coalition to “obvious and continued pressure” which the party said may be aimed at making the current government resign. […]

Audrius Jurgelevičius, leader of the teachers' trade union
Politics

Teachers’ strike to end Friday, say union leaders

The teachers’ trade unions involved in the nearly two-week-long strike for higher wages in Lithuania have announced that they are prepared to call off their strike as early as Friday. Audrius Jurgelevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Education Trade Union, told LRT that he believes that the trade unions have achieved 75 percent of their goals after the government managed to find an additional €8 million to increase educational staff’s wages. […]

The building in Druskininkai linked to the town's mayor
Politics

Prosecutors drop Druskininkai investigation involving environment minister

Lithuania’s law enforcement said on Tuesday they dropped an investigation that involved the minister of environment as a special witness and threatened to derail the government. […]

Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Order and Justice leader Paksas interrogated in influence peddling investigation

MEP Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party, was interrogated as a special witness in a trade in influence investigation by the Special Investigation Service. […]