Juras Požėla
Politics

Four key priorities targeted by new nominee for health minister

With 8 months left until the Seimas elections, the new Health Minister’s tenure may be short-lived, but Juras Požela, the successor nominated by prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, says he intends to accomplish quite a bit during that short period.

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Politics

Extraordinary Seimas session was not ended properly, commission rules

Parliamentary procedures were violated when an extraordinary plenary session, initiated by the opposition, was ended abruptly last week, the Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures said on Wednesday. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Teachers’ wage dispute causes government rift as Social Democrats accuse Labour Party of deceit

On Tuesday, the Social Democratic party will hold a political council meeting to ascertain whether the Labour Party supports the Government’s decisions regarding teachers’ wages and the social model being considered by the Seimas (parliament). […]

Seimas building
Politics

Extraordinary parliament session ends one hour after beginning

The Seimas of Lithuania ended the extraordinary session called for by the opposition one hour after it began, after MPs voted down the proposed agenda. […]