Rimantas Sinkevičius
Politics

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. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

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. […]

Rimvydas Valatka
Politics

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. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian PM proposed new candidate for education minister

Lithuania’s Labour Party has submitted a new candidate to fill the vacant post of education minister. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he will reveal the candidate’s name once he receives a report on their reputation from the Special Investigation Service (STT). […]