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Founding and operation conditions for civic electoral committees should be more similar to parties’ – political scientist

January 3, 2019 Media Briefing 0

With a third more civic electoral committees aiming to participate in the municipal elections than during the last, Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has stated that the conditions for establishing and operating parties should be simplified or made alike those of the committees. Political scientists believe otherwise – that committee founding and operation conditions should be made more akin to parties, whose accountability to voters is greater, lrt.lt writes. […]

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Talks on Latvia’s next gov’t in new deadlock over interior minister candidate

December 28, 2018 Xinhua 0

Negotiations on Latvia’s next coalition government ran into a deadlock again on Thursday as the five political parties involved in the talks could not agree on who will be heading the ministry of interior. […]

Algirdas Paleckis
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At least six companions of A. Paleckis under suspicion in spying case

December 21, 2018 Media Briefing 0

According to information obtained by the LRT Television show Panorama, at least 6 companions of Algirdas Paleckis are under suspicion in the spying case. One of them is the leader of the Socialist People’s Front created by A. Paleckis and is also a figure in the MG Baltic case. Meanwhile, Jedinstvo leader Valery Ivanov, who was released from arrest yesterday, has not been charged with spying, lrt.lt writes. […]

Monika Garbačiauskaitė Budrienė
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LRT chief on what can be expected from the Seimas now

December 21, 2018 Media Briefing 0

On Thursday, the Seimas voted in a final rejection of the LRT investigation conclusions. However, this does not mean that the majority will stop seeking to change the public broadcaster’s management. Already in spring, talks could turn to the Lithuanian national radio and television law, lrt.lt writes. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis
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VTEK declares that G. Landsbergis did not break the law

December 20, 2018 Media Briefing 0

The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has ruled that member of Seimas Gabrielius Landsbergis has not breached the public and private interest coordination in state service law (VPIDVTĮ) requirements to declare private interests in due time and as per procedure, a VTEK press release states. The inquiry was performed on the basis of a request by “Farmer” member of Seimas Agnė Širinskienė, lrt.lt writes. […]

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Seimas rejects LRT investigation conclusions: unprecedented vote in Seimas

December 20, 2018 Media Briefing 0

On Thursday, the final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions was held in Seimas. As Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who chaired the sitting, noted – this vote was unprecedented. Amendments proposed by Aušrinė Armonaitė and the conclusions‘ first article were approved, but the vote on the second article did not pass. When voting on the full conclusions project, the Seimas also did not approve it, lrt.lt writes. […]

Remigijus Baltrėnas and Darius Jauniškis
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Military intelligence head does not reveal, what he presented to the PM: have a calm Christmas

December 19, 2018 Media Briefing 0

The head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) head Remigijus Baltrėnas aim to calm passions, which flared after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called upon the intelligence services. The intelligence heads do not reveal, regarding what the PM called on them, however they assure that they have observed no hints of unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
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Liberals: “Farmers” seeking to politicise the LRT at any cost

December 19, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Understanding that they may lack votes in Seimas to approve the LRT commission’s conclusions, the “Farmers” are seeking to reach their goals at any cost. According the Liberals, in order to approve the ad hoc commission’s investigation conclusions, the “Farmers” are taking to procedural manipulations, a press release from the Liberal Movement states according to lrt.lt. […]

Andrius Palionis
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G. Kirkilas hopes that the prime minister will present A. Palionis’ candidacy by New Year

December 18, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Two ministries remain without a minister – education and science, as well as environment. The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union partners, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party are proposing their own candidate to the office of environment minister, their Seimas group prefect Andrius Palionis, lrt.lt writes. […]