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Pitrėnienė appointed Lithuania’s minister of education
Audronė Pitrėnienė, chairwoman of the Seimas Committee on Education, Science and Culture, has been appointed education and science minister. […]
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President Grybauskaitė welcomes participants of Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference
President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference in Vilnius. Grybauskaitė emphasised that only strong, dynamic and united European Union could meet people’s expectations and offset emerging challenges. […]
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New nomination for Lithuania’s education minister post
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday met with Audronė Pitrėnienė, chairwoman of the Seimas Committee on Education, Science and Culture, who has been nominated for the post of education and science minister. […]
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Education minister candidate rejects post
Edmundas Vaitekūnas, the chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK), who was delegated by the Labour Party to assume the post of the education and science minister, has refused to stand as a candidate, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius confirmed on Monday. The PM says that a new candidate has already been nominated. […]
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Social Democrats still most popular party in Lithuania
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have the highest popularity ratings, a survey showed on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian transport minister not to resign after aircraft disaster
Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius has not rejected the possibility of resigning after the aircraft An-2 disaster. However, at first the minister said he would like to know more details and offered to wait for the causes of the disaster to be clarified. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister apologises for poorly coordinated aircraft search operation
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas has apologised to families of the missing An-2 pilots for poorly coordinated search and rescue operation. […]
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Lithuanian president would not comment on Russia’s spy claim
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday refused to comment on Russia‘s claim that it had detained a Lithuanian military intelligence officer. […]
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Lithuanian parliament backs president’s anti-propaganda bill
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed amendments, drafted by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on countering hostile propaganda, after 79 lawmakers voted in favour, four were against and 27 abstained. […]
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Lithuanian president snaps at Latvian journalist after being asked about gay rights and basketball
A Latvian journalist has felt the wrath of the Lithuanian president after asking several questions that “have not been agreed upon”. The president insistently, and rather gracelessly, refused to answer questions about gay rights in Lithuania, a supermarket roof collapse in Riga and basketball. […]
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Lithuanian president critical of “failure to coordinate” among institutions in missing plane search
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has commented that the search and rescue operation launched in order find a missing An-2 airplane and its two pilots has revealed that Lithuanian institutions responsible for search and rescue missions fail to properly cooperate and coordinate among themselves. […]
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EP strips Lithuanian MEP Uspaskich of legal immunity
The European Parliament on Tuesday stripped Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich of his legal immunity so he can stand trial for contempt of court in Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian PM’s party and liberals top popularity ratings
The ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania with 20.7 percent of respondents in a poll saying they would vote for the party if general elections were held soon. […]
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Calls to grant head of state status for Vytautas Landsbergis
A draft declaration has been registered in the Lithuanian Seimas, calling for the status of a head of state to be granted to Vytautas Landsbergis, the country’s first post-Soviet leader and former president of the Supreme Council-Reconstitutent Seimas. […]
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New mayor promises transparency revolution in Vilnius finances – with possible repercussions for his predecessor
In an interview with The Lithuania Tribune, the new Vilnius Mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, revealed his administration’s Open Data Policy could have legal consequences for the city’s previous government headed by Artūras Zuokas. […]
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Journalist Rimvydas Valatka to consult Liberal Movement in general elections campaign
Signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence, influential political commentator and journalist Rimvydas Valatka will be consulting Lithuania’s Liberal Movement. […]
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Vilnius mayor: Using social media is like picking up a phone or replying to emails
It has been just over two months since the Liberal Movement’s Remigijus Šimašius was voted in as Mayor of Vilnius. […]
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Management of public funds must be transparent, Lithuanian president says
During her meeting with Arūnas Dulkys, the new head of the National Audit Office, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed the need to ensure transparency in the use of the state budget funds and the European Union’s (EU) funds, audits of public institutions, assessment of fiscal policy, and control of Lithuania’s budget policy. […]
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Lithuanian parliament adopts amendments to Consular Statute regarding material assistance
With 70 votes in favour, none against and 3 abstentions, the Seimas has adopted amendments to Article 22 of the Consular Statute, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
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Lithuanian parliament marks 95th anniversary of Constituent Seimas
At its plenary sitting, the Seimas of Lithuania marked the 95th anniversary of the Constituent Seimas on Friday. Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Seimas, pointed out that the Constituent Seimas was the first representative of the Lithuanian nation that had its first democratic, universal and direct elections. […]