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PM against legalisation of same-sex partnerships
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he’s against a proposal by a group of lawmakers to legalize same-sex partnerships in the country. […]
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Government backs closure of Migration Department
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday backed the Ministry of the Interior’s proposal to close the Migration Department and its functions transfer to the Police Department and the State Border Guard Service. […]
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9 MPs register bill on same-sex partnership
Nine Lithuanian MPs representing the Social Democratic and Liberal party groups have registered a bill to allow same-sex partnership. […]
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Ruling bloc to submit amendment to pave way for Paksas to elections
Lithuania‘s ruling parties intend to shortly again submit a Constitutional amendment to the parliament to pave way for removed president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament and president. […]
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Seimas votes for lifting MP Ručys’ legal immunity
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday lifted the legal immunity of Order and Justice MP Rimas Antanas Ručys, paving the way for his prosecution in a corruption case, after 78 lawmakers rejected a temporary parliamentary commission’s resolution calling for preserving Ručys’ immunity. […]
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Pinskus withdraws from multiple positions held in Labour party
The Labour Party‘s mayoral candidate in recent elections in Vilnius, Jonas Pinskus, announced on Monday about his withdrawal from multiple positions held in the party. […]
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Lithuania’s migration system to be reformed
On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the information available to ELTA news agency, it will be proposed to close down the Migration Department and transfer its functions to the Police Department. […]
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Head of Financial Crime Investigation Service to undergo polygraph test
News website Alfa.lt has reported that Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), General Kęstutis Jucevičius, will undergo a polygraph test. Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis ordered the test to be carried out by the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence. […]
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Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission confirms final election results
The Central Electoral Commission held a sitting on Sunday, March 22, and confirmed the final results of municipal and direct mayoral elections. […]
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Foreign Minister presents Lithuania’s readiness for OECD entry in Australia
Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Australia, on March 23 presented the country’s readiness to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]
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President, PM and interior minister among most popular politicians in Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaite, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius and Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain among Lithuania’s most favored politicians, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuania’s liberals on popularity rise
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Movement would get most of the votes in parliamentary elections, if they were held next weekend, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Local election results in two Lithuanian districts invalidated over gross violations
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday invalidated the mayoral elections in the single-mandate constituency of the Širvintos district municipality. […]
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Lithuania’s Labour Party to elect new chairperson in June
After the sitting of the Council of the Labour Party, it was announced that a congress of the party will be held on 6 June and it will elect a new chairperson to replace Loreta Graužinienė who has stepped down. […]
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Lithuanian parliament moves to amend Constitution to allow Paksas to run for office
A hundred Lithuanian MPs have drafted Constitutional amendments that should pave the way for Rolandas Paksas, a member of the ruling Order and Justice party who has been impeached as president in 2004 and banned from running for public office since then, to run for parliament and president again. […]
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Gabrielius Landsbergis as chairman would be the end of conservative party, social democrat Kirkilas says
Social Democratic Deputy Parliament Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas says that the resignation of Andrius Kubilius as chairman of the oppositional conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) was a sensible step. […]
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Gabrielius Landsbergis – rising conservative star powered by recognizable name and tough stance on Russia
When Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, breathed his way last summer into the European Parliament, for many the success of his campaign seemed to have much to do with his family lineage – namely, his legendary grandfather, patriarch of Lithuania’s modern politics Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Lithuanian parliament speaker to stay on after resigning from Labour Party leadership
Loreta Graužinienė intends to continue as Lithuania’s parliamentary speaker even after resigning from leadership of the ruling Labour Party, pledging to continue in the post at least until a new leader of the party is elected. […]
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Vilnius Council coalition talks continue
On Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Liberal Movement, a round of negotiations was held over the establishment of the ruling coalition in Vilnius City Council. […]