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Social democrat wins MP seat in Varėna, south Lithuania
Vidas Mikalauskas of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party won a parliamentary mandate in the single-mandate constituency of Varėna-Eišiškės on Sunday. […]
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Candidates spent EUR 6m on municipal election campaigns in Lithuania
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has announced that participants of the 2015 self-government election in Lithuania spent nearly EUR 6 million on political campaigning. Their income was over EUR 4.87 million, debts – EUR 1.2 million. […]
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Lithuanians have lest trust in parliament, commercial banks and courts
A survey commissioned by news agency ELTA and conducted on 23-31 May by pollster Baltijos Tyrimai has revealed that 85 percent of the polled trusted the Fire and Rescue Department, 73 percent – the Church and 64 percent – the President’s Office. […]
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Lithuanians most trust president and prime minister
A recent survey has revealed that Lithuanians still trust the most President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who has been re-elected for a second term of office, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, who is also Chair of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. The leader of the party Order and Justice MEP Rolandas Paksas is third most popular public figure. […]
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Lithuanian parliament to equip basement room for secret meetings
Premises for secret meetings in the basement of the Lithuanian parliament should be equipped by the end of this year, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]
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Lithuanian parliament completes investigation into An-2 airplane crash
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence has completed its inquiry into the An-2 airplane accident over the Baltic Sea. […]
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Foreign minister: All Lithuanian citizens should be allowed original spelling of names in passports
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. […]
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Lithuanian parliament appoints equal opportunities ombudsperson
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. […]
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Prosecutor general candidate was not fully discussed, Lithuanian PM says
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. […]
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Lithuanian parliament committee okays use of Latin characters in name spelling
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. […]
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Lithuanian parliament votes down president’s candidate for prosecutor general
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. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister rejects criticism over An-12 search operation
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. […]
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Former deputy mayor of Vilnius found guilty in bribery case
Vilnius Regional Court on Friday found former Vice Mayor of Vilnius Romas Adomavičius, of the Social Democratic Party, guilty in a corruption case. […]
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Lithuanian parliament to hold presentation of TV channel Ukraine Today
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. […]
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Fighting propaganda with bans is not the best way, Lithuanian foreign minister says
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. […]
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Lithuanian president sees “problem on both sides” in OMON officers’ trial
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. […]
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Candidate for prosecutor general introduced at Lithuanian parliament
On Tuesday, Nerijus Meilutis was introduced to the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, as a candidate to take the position of the prosecutor general. […]
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Several Lithuanian MPs investigated by tax inspectors
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. […]
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President’s adviser on OMON officers’ acquittal: spirit of law should be put above word of law
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. […]