Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian PM: Migrants must not threaten country’s security

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that Lithuania will accept only those refugees who do not pose a threat to the national security and order in the country. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president calls on setting up development fund for Polish-dominated region

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė supports an initiative to set up a special fund or launch a special program for promoting development of the country’s southeastern region to make use of the potential in the region densely populated by Lithuanian Poles. […]

Politics

Liberals remain Lithuania’s 2nd most popular party despite fall in ratings

A fifth of the Lithuanian voters (20.1 percent) would vote for the ruling Social Democratic Party in parliamentary elections, a poll shows, while 12.9 percent would support the Liberal Movement. While the liberals suffered a 3.1-percent drop in ratings month-on-month, they still remain the second most popular party in Lithuania. […]

Valentinas Mazuronis
Politics

Lithuania’s Labour Party threatens to leave coalition over deputy minister row

Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy minister Vytautas Vigelis within a week, the Labour Party‘s leader Valentinas Mazuronis rushed off to the Government’s Office. The politician is convinced that the deputy minister was appointed lawfully, although the PM insists that Vigelis should be fired. […]

Vytautas Vigelis
Politics

Deputy culture minister was appointed illegally, Lithuanian PM says

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius opposes the appointment of Vytautas Vigelis as Deputy Minister of Culture. The prime minister says the nomination was not coordinated with him and, therefore, is illegal. […]