Lithuania should avoid making strong-worded statements about Russia, because they insult Russian citizens of pro-Western beliefs, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party and currently a European Union commissioner, stated at the party’s congress on Friday that statements about Russia being a “terrorist state”, made by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, leads to a “psychosis” about Lithuania’s possible occupation. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius was re-elected as the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party for a two-year term on Friday. […]
Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis on Thursday submitted his resignation, the government said. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, leader of Lithuania’s Social Democratic Party, is expecting to be reelected as the party’s chairman this Friday. However, he says, he would like to see a young politician replacing him in the post in two years. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Poland and will also pay respect to war victims in Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she does not see any reasons to dismiss Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he will decide on the fate of Science and Education Minister Dainius Pavalkis after scrutinizing the Labour Party‘s information about the minister’s work. […]
Although the Liberal Movement has threatened to initiate an interpellation against Lithuania’s Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė, the latter has no intention of resigning on her own accord. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius stated on Wednesday that the ruling Social Democratic Party will submit a bill in May on allowing non-Lithuanian names to be spelled originally in Latin characters. […]
Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis met with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday to discuss his party’s calls for him to resign. […]
An adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday commended the results of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ chairperson election, saying that such a renewal could become an example for other political parties as well. In weekend’s vote, the conservatives elected 32-year-old Gabrielius Landsbergis as their new leader. […]
Remigijus Šimašius, Mayor of Lithuania’s capital Vilnius, says that real financial changes will be visible in Vilnius after 2016. He intends to invoke foreign financial institutions to manage the city’s debts. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is critical of the Labour Party‘s decision to recall its minister Dainius Pavalkis from the Ministry of Education and Science, saying that there are other ministers delegated by the party that are doing much worse. […]
After his party decided to recall him from his post, Lithuania’s Education Minister Dainius Pavalkis is to meet with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday to discuss his possible resignation. […]
The Lithuanian Labor Party decided on Sunday that its education and science minister, Dainius Pavalkis, Would have to leave the post. […]
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas Irena Degutienė has addressed Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius regarding the reconstruction of Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. She has urged to complete the square’s reconstruction before celebrating the centenary of Lithuania’s statehood in 2018. […]
The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), Lithuania’s largest opposition party, on Saturday elected Gabrielius Landsbergis to lead the party for the next two years. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has drawn some irk from Jurgis Razma, one of the light-weight contenders in the race. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the Lithuanian government is ready to help the EU’s efforts in solving illegal migration from Africa crisis and contribute to search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean with equipment and human resources. As regards allowing refugees from Africa to resettle in Lithuania, however, it may be discussed at a later time, according to him. […]
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