On 12 January, the president of France signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Deputy Seimas Speaker, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Social Democrat MP Gediminas Kirkilas has been appointed as an officier of the Legion of Honour. […]
Two of Lithuania’s political heavyweights, the Social Democratic Party and the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), are preparing for leadership elections. […]
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Roman Chuprynenko during his meeting with Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Julius Morkūnas was presented with Lithuania’s experience in the area of reforms of regional development and local governance, the Interior Ministry said. […]
Some betting companies in Lithuania allow placing bets on the results of the upcoming mayoral elections in Vilnius. At the moment, incumbent Artūras Zuokas is thought to have the best chances of winning, while Julius Panka from the Lithuanian Nationalist Union has the slimmest chances. […]
Lithuanian Social Democrat MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has been named the politician who best represents voters’ interests in the European Parliament, according to a recent survey. […]
Prosecutor Gintas Ivanauskas has appealed against the ruling of the court acquitting Chief Presidential Advisor Daiva Ulbinaitė over charges of abusing civil service and disclosing a state secret. […]
Amendments to the Law on Public Service have been submitted to the Seimas (parliament) on the initiative of President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The amendments seek to prevent public servants from signing additional work contracts with their own employers, to prevent them from cashing-in on public service and to ensure transparent use of state funds. […]
Arvydas Anušauskas, member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) group in the parliament, has addressed the Prosecutor General‘s Office over a seemingly separatist Facebook page. The MP has requested that prosecutors to identify the administrators of the account called Wilenska Republika Ludowa (Vilnius People’s Republic) on Facebook. […]
A Maltese staff member of the Euro-sceptical political group at the European Parliament (EP) has been dismissed from work for distributing controversial books about Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė to post boxes of EP members, the group’s representative confirmed to BNS on Monday. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party continues topping popularity polls, shows a survey published by DELFI. […]
The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court on Friday satisfied a plea filed by British citizen Mark Adam Harold against the decision of the Central Electoral Commission to refuse him registration as candidate of the Liberal Movement for the upcoming local elections. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Munib A. Younan, who is on his first visit to Lithuania, the presidential press service said. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed changes that would ban issuing residency permits to foreigners who are suspected of or charged with crimes, as well as put the Police Department, the State Border Guard Service and the State Security Department under the obligation of submitting conclusions about applicants to the Migration Department within 14 days. […]
The Liberal Movement of Lithuania can boast its most impressive and sustainable rating leap, say political experts referring to sociological research. […]
The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, is to be proposed to establish a temporary inquiry commission in the spring session to investigate accusations hurled against Lithuania over its participation in the CIA prisoner exchange and secret imprisonment operations. […]
Daiva Ulbinaitė on Monday returned to the Lithuanian President’s Office as the presidential spokeswoman after being acquitted of charges of leaking a state secret. She replaced Modestas Naudžius in the position. […]
MP Andrius Mazuronis, son of MEP Valentinas Mazuronis, has announced about his decision to leave the parliamentary group of the party Order and Justice. […]
Last month a peculiar thing happened at the European Parliament. Four men were observed placing books with the title Red Dalia in members’ pigeonholes. Nothing unusual, you say: pigeonholes are for putting missives in. But it wasn’t just any book, and the four men distributed it without permission. The eponymous Dalia in the book of 200-plus pages is none other than Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and the book alleges that she used to be involved with the KGB. […]
European Parliament President Martin Schulz will wait for the eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group to make its own decision on disciplinary measures against a member of its secretariat who is believed to have distributed books smearing Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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