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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) will repeat its vote on the 2015 budget bill, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Tuesday. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s parliament will this week hold a training for employees of the Ukrainian parliament – civil servants and MP assistants. […]
Election commissions in Lithuania start on Saturday accepting applications for the upcoming local elections next year. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
The Order and Justice party has nominated Member of Parliament Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor‘s office. […]
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives from ordinary citizens. […]
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. […]
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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