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Lithuanian parliament passes 2015 budget second time
The Lithuanian parliament passed the state’s budget for 2015 for the second time on Thursday, with 79 votes in favour, 14 votes against and 34 abstentions. […]
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Lithuanian PM rejects opposition leader’s accusations against his wife
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not relinquish plans to apply to prosecutors over LTL 400 million (EUR 116 million) which were squandered in the energy sector. He is also not worried about the comments made by opposition leader conservative Andrius Kubilius that the prime minister’s wife could have been responsible for the situation. […]
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Lithuania’s opposition leader asks president to veto social insurance fund budget
Lithuanian Seimas opposition leader, conservative Andrius Kubilius, has asked President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the draft budget for 2015 of the State Social Insurance Fund Board under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour (Sodra) which was adopted by the Seimas. […]
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14,000-16,000 candidates to run for 1,500 municipal offices in Lithuania’s local elections
In 60 municipalities Lithuanians will elect 1,524 councillors, including 60 mayors, in the upcoming municipal elections on 1 March 2015, says Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) Zenonas Vaigauskas. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister receives human rights award
The Vilnius-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) presented its annual human rights award to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius. The award is presented on the international Human Rights Day, 10 December. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors want former presidential aide fined for leaking state secret
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office asks that former presidential adviser Daiva Ulbinaitė be found guilty of leaking a state secret and abusing her powers and be imposed a fine of 32,500 litas (EUR 9,400), her lawyer Giedrius Danelius said. […]
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Lithuanian parliament passes next year’s social insurance budget
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted the 2015 budget for the state social insurance fund, Sodra, that provides for bringing sickness and unemployment benefits back to the pre-crisis level from January and raising pensions from July. […]
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Lithuanian parliament to repeat vote on budget bill
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) will repeat its vote on the 2015 budget bill, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Tuesday. […]
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Anti-corruption agency to investigate former deputy minister and PM Butkevičius
The Special Investigation Service (STT) has launched a pre-trial investigation into possible abuse of office or misuse of powers by former deputy minister of health Gediminas Černiauskas and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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Lithuanian opposition wants parliament speaker to halt budget law
Leader of the Seimas Opposition Andrius Kubilius urges Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė to stop the procedure of signing the law on the budget until the Opposition’s statement is examined by the Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures. […]
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Lithuanian Seimas to hold training for Ukrainian parliament employees
Lithuania’s parliament will this week hold a training for employees of the Ukrainian parliament – civil servants and MP assistants. […]
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Lithuanian election commissions start accepting applications for local elections
Election commissions in Lithuania start on Saturday accepting applications for the upcoming local elections next year. […]
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Lithuanian parliament passes 2015 budget
The Lithuanian parliament Thursday passed the law on national budget for 2015, the first year of the country’s eurozone membership, by a vote of 79 to 33, with 23 abstentions. […]
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Lithuanian PM criticises attempts to rehabilitate convicted politician Viktor Uspaskich
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has criticised the intentions of the Seimas Committee on Human Rights to consider an address by a group of parliament members over former MP Viktor Uspaskich of the Labour Party. […]
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Court asks for constitutional ruling in Lithuania’s Labour Party state grant case
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Monday stopped the hearing of the Labour Party‘s state grant case and decided to turn to the Constitutional Court. […]
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Anti-gay MP Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor
The Order and Justice party has nominated Member of Parliament Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor‘s office. […]
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Parliament speaker critical of restrictions on citizens’ referendum initiatives
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives from ordinary citizens. […]
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Vilnius vice-mayor pleads not guilty on corruption charges
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Romas Adomavičius of the Social Democratic Party has told a court that he is not guilty of corruption, adding that the case against him is a provocation. […]
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Labour Party nominates Jonas Pinskus to run for Vilnius mayor
The Vilnius unit of the Labour Party has approved a list of candidates to run for the Vilnius City Council. Jonas Pinskus was nominated as the party’s candidate for the mayor of Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian parliament sends budget bill back to government for improvement
The Lithuanian parliament sent next year’s draft budget bill back to the government for improvement after the first reading on Tuesday. […]