A poll commissioned by ELTA news agency and conducted on 10-17 September by Baltijos Tyrimai shows that approximately half of Lithuanians aged over 15 are unhappy with the way democracy is working. […]
Presidium of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) has submitted six candidates for Vilnius mayor to the Vilnius gathering. […]
Lithuanian parliamentary opposition leader Andrius Kubilius demanded on Thursday that Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis be summoned to respond to reports that senior schoolchildren from Russian-language schools are allegedly taken to paramilitary camps in Russia. […]
The Council of Europe‘s Committee of Ministers, which monitors the execution of the European Court of Human Rights rulings, has called on Lithuania to adopt constitutional amendments to allow impeached president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament. […]
The Lithuanian parliament rejected amendments to the Law on Public Information, drafted by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, aimed at limiting rebroadcasts of Russian TV production in the country. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday decided to send a package of proposed amendments on gender reassignment back to the government for further consideration after 62 lawmakers voted in favour of the motion, nine were against and 19 abstained. […]
The President’s Office commends the objective of the state budget to reduce social exclusion, ensure fiscal discipline and defence funding. However, it feels that the fight against underground economy has been inadequate. […]
Amendments proposed by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on reducing the volume of Russian TV productions in Lithuania will be put before the country’s parliament on Tuesday. […]
Liberal Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Eligijus Masiulis registered a draft law proposing to temporarily extend the reduced VAT rate on the supply of heating and hot water until 31 December 2015. […]
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Friday endorsed a draft budget for 2015, the first year of the country’s eurozone membership. Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius has said that the bill is to be submitted to parliament for approval no later than 17 October. […]
On Wednesday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has announced the beginning of the electoral campaign for 2015 municipal elections. […]
The current Lithuanian government, led by Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, includes six millionaires. Most wealthy among the cabinet ministers is Minister of Culture Kęstutis Birutis of the Labour Party. […]
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, former leader of the Labour Party and member of ALDE/ADLE Group in the European Parliament, might be in trouble for questionable assistant hiring practices. Fellow Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, of the PPE Group, on Monday asked the European Parliament to look into the matter, BNS reports. […]
Deputy Minister of Culture Agneta Lobacevskytė took office on Monday. The deputy minister will oversee the matters of ethnic minorities, archives and information society. […]
Former Lithuanian Minister of Finance and now deputy chair of the central Bank of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė has decided against running for Vilnius mayor. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says political scientists should be the vanguard in the context of recent events in Ukraine and amidst the information war. […]
Direct mayoral elections may lead to the society’s disappointment in the long run, if powers of city leaders are not revised, say political experts of Lithuania. […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday voted down the version of the Ethnic Minority Law, proposed by the conservatives, which would have banned bilingual street and location signs. […]
Rokas Masiulis, until recently CEO of Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil), the developer of Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project, on Thursday took office as the country’s new energy minister after a swearing-in ceremony at the Seimas. […]
Dalia Štraupaitė, mayor of the Visaginas municipality in eastern Lithuania, is in detention, Panevėžys prosecutors have confirmed. […]
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