Zenonas Vaigauskas
Politics

Lithuania’s electoral commissio to consider invalidating election results in Trakai

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Friday set up a special panel to investigate the scale of alleged local election violations in the town of Trakai, 28km west of Vilnius, and suggest a decision on the recognition of the election results. […]

Renatas Požėla
Politics

Deputy police chief Požela appointed head of Lithuania’s border guard service

Deputy Commissioner General of Lithuania’s police Renatas Požela is to be appointed head of the country’s State Border Guard Service, the government said on Thursday. […]

Vilnius City Municipality
Politics

Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius

After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]

Politics

Mayoral elections might leave 5 parliament seats vacant

If five current Lithuanian MPs who managed to get to the second round of mayoral elections win and take up posts as mayors, 5 constituencies of Lithuania would have to hold new parliamentary elections to find replacements for them, said Zenonas Vaigauskas, head of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK). […]

Remigijus Šimašius ir Artūras Zuokas
Politics

Liberal MP to face the incumbent in Vilnius mayor run-offs

Liberal MP Remigijus Šimašius and incumbent Mayor Artūras Zuokas will face one another in the run-off election for Vilnius mayor, the Central Electoral Commission said on Monday. […]