A failed vote in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday will prevent the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party, Rolandas Paksas, to run for parliament in next year’s elections. Observers say the situation has been engineered by the Labour Party which wants to steal Paksas’ voters. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she is going to sign the 2016 budget, endorsed by parliament last week, into law, although it has been criticised by the European Commission and the National Audit Office. […]
The Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) once again did not pass a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would have allowed former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas, who was impeached for violating the constitution in 2004, to run again for the Seimas or for the president’s office. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė nominated judge Evaldas Pašilis for the post of prosecutor general. […]
There are good things in next year’s budget, like the increase of national defence budget, but Lithuania will also begin to lose its reputation with international financial institutions and finance markets, Andrius Kubilius, the leader of the opposition in the Seimas (parliament), told Žinių Radijas radio. […]
With growing popularity in the polls, analysts believe that the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union will cross the 5-percent barrier required to become a considerable force in the Seimas for the first time ever when elections are held in October 2016. […]
Refugees should not get bigger benefits than people who have worked in Lithuania for 30 or 40 years, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Radijas radio. According to the president, Lithuania has already designated considerable benefits compared to other countries. […]
MPs of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) party have asked the Special Investigation Service (STT) and the Public Service Department (VTD) to look into media reports about alleged dubious practices of hiring for government jobs by the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
Agnė Bilotaitė, member of the parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), has asked Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė to remove MP Julius Sabatauskas from the position as chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs. […]
A Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, Antanas Guoga, who has Australian citizenship, has recently discovered that Lithuanian laws do not allow foreign citizens to run in parliamentary elections. Guoga was planning to be a candidate of the Liberal Movement party in Vilkaviškis single-member constituency and challenge the incumbent Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius in 2016. […]
Five parties would pass the 5-percent threshold and secure seats in the Lithuanian Parliament if elections were to take place in the nearest future, the latest public opinion poll has revealed. […]
A meeting between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign and European Affairs discussed the EU’s refugee relocation scheme. According to the European Affairs Committee chair Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuania’s position is to oppose proposals of introducing a permanent mechanism for refugee resettlement. […]
After accusations of disloyalty and corruption were publicly voiced against the leadership of the Public Security Service (VST) and the institution itself, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that circumstances and facts must be examined before making judgements. She also criticized the new head of the VST for publicly discussing problems in the service. […]
Political magazine Politico has announced the list of the most influential personalities in European politics, “The 28 People from 28 Countries who are Shaping, Shaking and Stirring Europe”. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Antanas Guoga has become the first Lithuanian to be included in the list. […]
During a meeting with the Chair of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission Zenonas Vaigauskas, Lithuanian-American Dr. Darius Udrys and Lithuanian-Australian MEP Antanas Guoga were informed that they are ineligible to stand as candidates for election to Lithuania’s Seimas due to the fact that both hold a second passport. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has instructed the head of the State Security Department (VSD) together with Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis to carry out a comprehensive inquiry into the Public Security Service (VST) under the Ministry of the Interior following an article in the media. […]
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė says Saulius Skvernelis‘ decision to remain in office as the interior minister is “his choice”. […]
Political scientists say that Saulius Skvernelis, Lithuania’s Interior Minister delegated by the party Order and Justice, overreacted when announcing his resignation. Political scientists say that although President Dalia Grybauskaite criticised the minister, she did not send a clear message that he should step down. […]
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