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Vilnius Mayor Zuokas to seek re-election
Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas confirmed on Monday his plans to seek re-election in the upcoming municipal elections in March. […]
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New Parliament’s chancellor appointed
Daiva Raudonienė, 38, has been appointed chancellor of the Seimas of Lithuania for a five-year term. She was previously the head of the Office of the parliamentary Committee on Audit. […]
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Lithuanian security chief: We have nothing to investigate about CIA prisons
Lithuanian State Security Department chief Gediminas Grina told parliament on Tuesday he could not give any new answers about the US Central Intelligence Agency’s secret prisons. […]
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Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Landsbergis to receive life-long protection
Lithuania’s government has suggested that parliament pass a law ensuring security for Vytautas Landsbergis, the country’s first post-independence leader. […]
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Lithuanian Seimas will not consider Criminal Code amendments easing bribery punishment yet
Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that parliament will not consider amendments to the Criminal Code during the parliament’s current session. The Order and Justice party has proposed reducing liability for trading in influence. […]
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Presidential adviser names top events in Lithuania in 2014
Energy, national security and welfare, scientific achievements were the highlights of 2014 in Lithuania, says Virginija Būdienė, chief advisor on domestic policy for Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Lithuanian security chief to be questioned by parliament about CIA prison allegations
The Seimas of Lithuania decided on Tuesday to summon the head of the country’s State Security Department, Gediminas Grina, over suspicions that a secret CIA prison, mentioned in the recently-published US Senate’s report on detention and torture of suspected terrorists, could have operated in Lithuania in 2005-2006. […]
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Lithuania’s prosecutor general asked MP stripped of legal immunity in corruption case
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Darius Valys on Tuesday asked parliament to strip MP Rimas Antanas Ručys (Order and Justice party) of his legal immunity to face prosecution for allegedly taking a bribe. […]
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Lithuanian president signs 2015 budget into law
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the country’s budget for the next year, her press service said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania’s Labour Party seeks 56 mayoral posts
On 20 December, the Council of the Labour Party confirmed the final list of their candidates in the direct mayoral elections. According to Vytautas Gapšys, head of the party’s electoral staff, the Labour Party will be vying for 56 mayoral posts and expects to win more than 10 of them. […]
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Lithuanian Social Democrats expect to win 20 mayoral seats next spring, prime minister says
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) next spring expects to win the mayoral race in 20 municipalities and to be supported by a stable number of voters in municipal council elections, despite the declining population, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the party’s leader, said on Saturday. […]
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Social Democrats remain Lithuania’s most popular party
Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular political party in the country, although its rating has fallen somewhat, according to a Vilmorus opinion poll released by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian parliament ratifies European Stability Mechanism treaty
The Lithuanian parliament has ratified the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The agreement was signed by the euro area countries in Brussels in 2012 and amended in 2014. […]
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Lithuanian parliament backs president’s anti-propaganda bill
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s proposed amendments on fighting hostile propaganda. […]
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Lithuania’s ruling party summons security chief over CIA torture report
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice Party is summoning the State Security Department‘s chief Gediminas Grina before parliament to give an explanation about the US Central Intelligence Agency’s “violet” detention site near Vilnius mentioned in the US Senate’s report. […]
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Order and Justice party re-elects MEP Rolandas Paksas as leader
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party on Saturday re-elected MEP Rolandas Paksas as its leader for a two-year term. […]
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Lithuanian president proposes another anti-propaganda bill
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has once again submitted her amendments to the Law on Public Information, saying the aim of the bill is to ensure national security and protect the society from hostile propaganda and disinformation. […]
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Smear campaign against President Grybauskaitė in European Parliament
On Wednesday evening, members of the European Parliament received copies of a book authored by a Lithuanian journalist translated into English. The book, “Red Dalia”, is a critical account of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s career, alleging her involvement with the KGB. […]