Politics

Lithuania’s Polish party leader to run for Vilnius mayor

The Council of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania is nominating its leader Valdemar Tomaševski to run for the post of Vilnius mayor, the politician himself confirmed to BNS on Wednesday. […]

Daiva Ulbinaitė
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Lithuanian president’s advisers questioned in state secret leak case

Several current and former advisers to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė were questioned at Vilnius City District Court as part of the hearing of a criminal case against ex-presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė who is charged with leaking classified information and abuse of office. […]

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Order and Justice party going to court over searches in its offices

Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party intends to take to court the Special Investigation Service (STT) over the searches carried out at its Vilnius bureau. […]

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Lithuanian parliament passes amendment allowing EU citizens to run in municipal and EP elections

With 54 votes in favour, 3 against and 10 abstentions, Lithuania’s parliament approved draft amendments to the preamble to the Law on Political Parties, implementing the requirement laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to guarantee citizens of the union who are not nationals of that state the right to stand as candidates in municipal elections and in elections to the European Parliament, the Seimas’ press service reports. […]

Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas
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Lithuania’s interior minister says he will not resign

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas of the Order and Justice party says he has no intentions of resigning amid the corruption suspicions against former members of his political team. […]