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Lithuanian parliament completes investigation into An-2 airplane crash

June 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence has completed its inquiry into the An-2 airplane accident over the Baltic Sea. […]

Foreign minister: All Lithuanian citizens should be allowed original spelling of names in passports

June 19, 2015 BNS 0

The decision on the spelling of personal names in ID documents should be made by politicians, and they should not hide behind decisions made by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]

Lithuanian parliament appoints equal opportunities ombudsperson

June 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Seimas of Lithuania has appointed Deputy Culture Minister Agneta Lobačevskytė as the head of the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson. The candidate was proposed by Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]

Prosecutor general candidate was not fully discussed, Lithuanian PM says

June 18, 2015 BNS 0

Insufficient discussions in the parliament was probably what led to the rejection of Nerijus Meilutis for the post of Lithuania’s prosecutor general, the country’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]

Lithuanian government agree to accept up to 250 refugees

June 18, 2015 BNS 0

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday agreed that Lithuania would be ready to accept up to 250 refugees over the course of two years as part of the EU effort to resolve the Mediterranean refugee crisis. […]

Lithuanian parliament committee okays use of Latin characters in name spelling

June 18, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Seimas’ Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday backed the use of Latin alphabet letters for the spelling of names and surnames of Lithuanian citizens in ID documents. […]

Lithuanian parliament votes down president’s candidate for prosecutor general

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday voted down the nomination of Kaunas regional court chairman Nerijus Meilutis to the post prosecutor general, as proposed by the president. […]

Lithuanian defence minister rejects criticism over An-12 search operation

June 15, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas does not admit to have made any mistakes during the search and rescue operation for the An-2 plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea in the middle of May, and has not plans to resign. […]

Former deputy mayor of Vilnius found guilty in bribery case

June 12, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius Regional Court on Friday found former Vice Mayor of Vilnius Romas Adomavičius, of the Social Democratic Party, guilty in a corruption case. […]

Lithuanian parliament to hold presentation of TV channel Ukraine Today

June 11, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At the request of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, parliament, is holding a presentation of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine Today, which is to be launched in Lithuania. The participants at the presentation in the European Information Office on Thursday will be welcomed by Benediktas Juodka, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Seimas said. […]

Fighting propaganda with bans is not the best way, Lithuanian foreign minister says

June 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Commenting on recent reports that the rebroadcasting of one more Russian TV channel could be suspended in Lithuania, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that such bans are not the best way to fight propaganda. Instead, he says, Lithuania should create high-quality alternatives. […]

Lithuanian president sees “problem on both sides” in OMON officers’ trial

June 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized to competence of prosecutors who drafted the indictment for the trial of former Soviet OMON leaders, noting that there are reasons to appeal against last week’s court ruling which cleared the former OMON officers of all charges. […]

Candidate for prosecutor general introduced at Lithuanian parliament

June 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Tuesday, Nerijus Meilutis was introduced to the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, as a candidate to take the position of the prosecutor general. […]

Several Lithuanian MPs investigated by tax inspectors

June 9, 2015 BNS 0

The State Tax Inspectorate of Lithuania is carrying out several investigations over the tax and property declarations of several high-ranking politicians from the ruling coalition. […]

President’s adviser on OMON officers’ acquittal: spirit of law should be put above word of law

June 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not comment on the ruling of Vilnius Regional Court which acquitted Soviet OMON officers Boleslav Makutynovich and Vladimir Razvodov. However, the president has said that the spirit of the law is more important than the letter of the law, said chief advisor to the president on legal affairs Rasa Svetikaitė. […]

Prime minister says Lithuania could accept only up to 40 refugees

June 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the number of refugees that could be relocated to Lithuania will become clear after the meeting of the Council of the Interior Ministers next week. The prime minister added that the number could be up to 40. […]

Salvaging An-2 plane is too expensive, Lithuanian transport minister says

June 8, 2015 BNS 0

Lifting the An-2 airplane from its crash site at the bottom of the Baltic Sea is too expensive, says Lithuania’s Transport and Communication Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius, adding he would suggest at the government’s meeting on Tuesday to leave the airplane on the seafloor. […]