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Seimas Speaker Graužinienė resigns as leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party

March 17, 2015 BNS 0

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has resigned as leader of the Labour Party, the party announced on Tuesday. […]

Experts cautious about Gabrielius Landsbergis’ conservative party leadership prospects

March 17, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian political scientists are cautious about the chances of Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, to lead the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats whose long-standing leader Andrius Kubilius announced on Monday he would not seek re-election. […]

Former PM Kubilius will not seek re-election as conservative party leader

March 16, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Andrius Kubilius, former Lithuanian prime minister and current leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats announced on Monday he would not be seeking re-election as his party’s leader. […]

Mayor Zuokas says he will run for president in 2019

March 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Outgoing Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (LLS), says that his defeat in Vilnius mayoral election will only push him to venture into national politics. Zuokas says that we will run for presidency in 2019. […]

Different challenges await new mayors of Lithuania’s biggest cities

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

New mayors of Vilnius and Kaunas will have to deal with different challenges. Remigijus Šimašius, new mayor of the Lithuanian capital, will have to address the city’s financial problems and reduce heating bills, while businessman Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the new mayor of Lithuania’s second city, will have to attract more investment, says economist Gitanas Nausėda. […]

Despite claiming otherwise, all major Lithuanian parties suffered losses in local elections

March 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

All traditional political parties suffered lesser or greater losses during the recent municipal and mayoral elections in Lithuania, say political scientists. […]

Hard times ahead for soon-to-be ex-mayor of Vilnius

March 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]

Lithuania urged to implement ECHR rulings on sex change and ousted president

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Karolina Bubnytė has urged state institutions to focus its efforts on the implementation of the court’s rulings on sex change surgeries and the right for ousted president Rolandas Paksas to run for elections. […]

First direct mayoral elections successful for Lithuania’s social democrats

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party was triumphant in the country’s first direct mayoral elections, show preliminary data published by the Central Electoral Commission. […]

Vilnius mayor-elect Šimašius pledges more transparency

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius has promised more transparency in the Lithuanian capital’s municipality, making no secret of his concern about its financial situation. […]

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Lithuania’s top female chess master to get MP seat

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s female chess grandmaster Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen will become a member of Lithuania’s parliament to replace Liberal Remigijus Šimašius who was Sunday elected as Vilnius mayor. […]

Liberal Gustainis wins MP mandate in Vilnius

March 16, 2015 BNS 0

Šarūnas Gustainis of the Liberal Movement won the MP mandate in Žirmūnai constituency in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, defeating Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė in a close race, show preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission. […]

Liberal Šimašius claims victory in Vilnius mayor election

March 15, 2015 BNS 0

Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement‘s candidate for Vilnius mayor, has announced he defeated incumbent mayor of the Lithuanian capital, Artūras Zuokas, in Sunday’s run-off election. […]

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Lower turnout in Lithuania’s mayoral run-off elections

March 15, 2015 BNS 0

Voters were less active in the run-off voting of the Lithuanian mayoral elections, as compared with the statistics in the first round two weeks ago, shows data provided by the Central Electoral Commission after polling stations closed at 8 p.m. […]

MEP calls for international search of Lithuanian boy taken from family by Norway’s child services

March 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed the Lithuanian minister of the interior, requesting to find a Lithuanian child who was taken away from his mother in Norway. […]

Lithuanian MPs fail to set up CIA investigation panel

March 12, 2015 BNS 0

A parliamentary initiative to set up a special commission on an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania failed on Thursday after 25 lawmakers revoked their initial signatures. […]

Lithuanian president suggests election panel reshuffle

March 12, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called on the country parliament to consider replacing leadership of the Central Electoral Commission before the general elections next year. The commission, she says, fails to respond to violations properly. […]