Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) deputy chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė assures that the heads of the country’s intelligence services – the State Security Department (VSD) and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) – on Wednesday did not present any information linked to potential unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
Two ministries remain without a minister – education and science, as well as environment. The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union partners, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party are proposing their own candidate to the office of environment minister, their Seimas group prefect Andrius Palionis, lrt.lt writes. […]
In order to resolve the country’s problems with teachers’ wage payments and to find resources for this, audit is to be initiated in the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as 17 of its subordinate regulatory institutions. The audit was initiated by Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis, who is the interim minister of education and science, a press release states according to lrt.lt. […]
A candidate has appeared for one of the three vacant minister portfolios. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis presented President Dalia Grybauskaitė with the candidacy of literary, poet Mindaugas Kvietkauskas for the office of minister of culture. […]
The Seimas Ombudsman has called the Parliament to avoid any initiatives limiting the independence of the national broadcaster. The Seimas Ombudsman, Augustinas Normantas, has urged the Parliament to avoid the initiatives that would have a political and/or economic influence on the public broadcaster, thus violating the provisions of Article 10 of the ECtHR. Without assessing the specific proposals of the Seimas temporary investigation commission, formulated in Project No. XIIIP-2656, the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office as a national human rights institution advocates the protection of the independence of the national broadcaster. […]
Tramway, free parking lots, free public transport, smart traffic system – these and other measures, which could be used to improve traffic congestion in Vilnius are being listed by candidates to become the capital’s mayor, lrt.lt writes. […]
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) Vilnius branch decided on Thursday evening that their candidate to Vilnius mayor would be Virginijus Sinkevičius. […]
The confrontation between the majority and the president is a public relations stunt intended for the nearing elections, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) chairman Gintautas Paluckas told Žinių Radijas. He is convinced that there is no “war” between the Lithuanian political leaders, which is proven by their decisions in Seimas. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis so far does not specify whether he will run for president, however he also states that the attacks against him and the cabinet make him consider it. […]
In an interview to LRT Television’s Dienos Tema, President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated that out of concern over teacher wages payment reform, she offered her aid to both the now dismissed Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė and to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. That said, the latter apparently refused aid from the head of state. Meanwhile, S. Skvernelis stated in a cabinet hour held in Seimas that what was offered was not aid, lrt.lt writes. […]
Agrokoncernas has made an official appeal to the president and prime minister over Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius‘ contacting law enforcement institutions over the company. Last week, L. Linkevičius called on the Prosecutor General’s Office regarding Agrokoncernas’ import of fertiliser to Lithuania, which is produced by Minudobreniya, 80% of whose shares are owned by Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg, a close friend of Vladimir Putin, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas returns to deliberating on the conclusions of the commission on the LRT’s activities. Legislative amendments were to be presented based on the conclusions, however the amendments were prepared without awaiting the conclusions being approved by parliament or a response from the Constitutional Court (KT). […]
“Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is taking Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ side and is assuring that the latter’s appeal to the intelligence services over potential threats to national security is serious and that he would do the same. However, he does not reveal what names are brought up, only that they are specific. […]
Minister of Healthcare Aurelijus Veryga is in breach of the public and private interest separation in state service law requirements to avoid conflicts of interest and with it arising – to recuse himself. […]
In response to an LRT complaint regarding harm to the public broadcaster’s reputation, the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Commission has recommended MP Stasys Jakeliūnas to be more reserved in expressing his opinion in public, lrt.lt writes. […]
Political scientist Tomas Janeliūnas is convinced that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis seeks to involve intelligence services into political fights by calling upon the State Security Department (VSD) over potential Kremlin influence on the Conservatives. Former heads of the VSD Gediminas Grina and Mečys Laurinkus are also surprised by the prime minister’s actions, lrt.lt writes. […]
Members of Seimas approved the 2019 state budget and municipal budget financial metric project on Tuesday with 84 MPs voting in favour, 41 against and 5 abstaining. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is standing by his words that the Conservatives could potentially be influenced by the Kremlin and states he has called on the intelligence services. […]
“If the budget is not approved, next year there may be no elections,” Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stated on Thursday. According to him, this would happen because the Central Electoral Commission would simply not have the funding for the elections. However, political scientists tell Delfi that elections will happen in all cases but one. However, they note no one would want it. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius confirmed to Delfi on Friday that the Foreign Ministry has approached prosecutors regarding Agrokoncernas’ links to Arkady Rotenberg. […]
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