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. […]
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. […]
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence has completed its inquiry into the An-2 airplane accident over the Baltic Sea. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 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. […]
Vilnius Regional Court on Friday found former Vice Mayor of Vilnius Romas Adomavičius, of the Social Democratic Party, guilty in a corruption case. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
On Tuesday, Nerijus Meilutis was introduced to the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, as a candidate to take the position of the prosecutor general. […]
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. […]
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 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. […]
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. […]
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