Vytautas Gapšys at the Seimas
Politics

Opposition calls for extraordinary Seimas session to impeach Labour MP

The opposition at the Lithuanian parliament have collected enough MPs’ signatures to initiate an extraordinary Seimas session. They are planning to present the call to the Seimas speaker on Friday. […]

Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
Politics

President signs decree to sack healthcare minister

Lithuania‘s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree to dismiss Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, a social democrat, from the post of healthcare minister. […]

Viktoras Uspaskichas
Politics

Why was sentence so light for Labour party founder?

It took almost 10 years for a court’s decision regarding the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping in 2004-2006 to come into effect. However, the Vilnius circuit court’s altered decision regarding the sentence for Viktor Uspaskich, the party’s disgraced founder, raised a storm of commentary. Few seem to have expected the appeal court’s decision. How could it be that the accused got away with a tiny fine when they had been working to hide millions? […]

Politics

Deputy agriculture minister steps down amidst suspected corruption in food-for-poor programme

Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė has accepted resignation of her deputy Vilius Martusevičius over alleged corruption in the ministry’s food for poor programme. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Indexing pensions and labour flexibility should be reform focus, president says

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is somewhat sceptical about the so-called new social model, a package of reforms to the labour code and the country’s welfare system. […]