2015 should be a quieter year in Lithuania’s political life, although the Government can never expect an uncomplicated year, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He believes that the Coalition will face a number of challenges and first of all because of the geopolitical situation. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania has closed its fifth ordinary autumn session with 45 plenary sittings held from 10 September to 23 December and around 360 laws, 65 resolutions and 5 other legal acts adopted, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has commented on the new mayoral election procedures and said that the the self-government reform has not been completed and will require additional amendments to the current laws. […]
Key tasks of the Lithuanian government next year will include search for new markets, fight against shadow economy and successful implementation of energy projects, the prime minister has said. […]
Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas confirmed on Monday his plans to seek re-election in the upcoming municipal elections in March. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s government has suggested that parliament pass a law ensuring security for Vytautas Landsbergis, the country’s first post-independence leader. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the country’s budget for the next year, her press service said on Tuesday. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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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