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More responsibility and problems for first shift of directly-elected mayors in Lithuania

Directly-elected mayors will have the same powers they have now but they will also have a double amount of responsibility on their shoulders, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says. Meanwhile opposition leader Andrius Kubilius warns that the new system of local elections will spell more problems for the new mayors who will have to closely cooperate with city councils. […]

Politics

Higher early voting turnout in Lithuania’s local elections

Higher early voting turnout has been reported in Lithuania’s municipal and the first direct mayoral elections this year as compared to the last local elections in 2011. […]

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High-profile candidates vie for vacant seat in Lithuanian parliament

A large group of prominent Lithuanian politicians will vie for a parliamentary mandate at the single-mandate constituency of Žirmūnai in Vilnius on 1 March. […]

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Politics

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis leaves his party

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis said on Tuesday that he was no longer a member of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition in Lithuania. […]

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Lithuanian Justice Ministry offers confidentiality guarantees for people reporting corruption

Lithuania’s Justice Ministry has proposed that the government should consider amendments to several laws that would ensure confidentiality for persons reporting corruption in the law-enforcement system and public service. […]