Deputy Social Security and Labour Minister Algirdas Šešelgis
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Refugee integration funding still to be worked out, Lithuanian deputy minister says

It is too early to tell how much money will be allocated per refugee for their care, says Lithuania’s Deputy Social Security and Labour Minister Algirdas Šešelgis. […]

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Lithuania’s former ambassador to US to run for parliament with conservatives

A Vilnius unit of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has nominated diplomat Žygimantas Pavilionis to run for a parliament seat in the upcoming general elections next year in the Naujamiestis constituency of Vilnius. […]

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Lithuanian parliament rejects civil partnership law

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, rejected the bill that would have introduced the institution of partnership of opposite sex couples. The Ministry of Justice, which drafted the law, says the proposed legislation merely acknowledges the existing forms of cohabitation, while the opponents insist that civil partnership is an encroachment on the institution of marriage and is just one step away from legalizing same-sex partnership. […]

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Conservatives propose to recognize Lithuania’s Communist Party as criminal organisation

A group of Lithuanian politicians and activists have proposed that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its subsidiary in Lithuania – the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) – be recognized “a criminal organisation, organiser and executor of the genocide of the Lithuanian people, responsible for extermination, deportation and other repressions against Lithuanian residents”. […]

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Lithuania’s most influential politicians

The Lithuanian public believes that the country’s most influential politicians are President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and former President Valdas Adamkus. Meanwhile a survey of over 500 opinion leaders in politics, business and society has revealed that they think Lithuania’s most influential are Grybauskaitė, Butkevičius and the country’s former head of state Vytautas Landsbergis. […]