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. […]
Chief Advisor to the President on national security, Valdemaras Sarapinas, said President Dalia Grybauskaitė took into consideration two attributes, professionalism and transparency, when appointing Rokas Masiulis as Minister of Energy. […]
While President Dalia Grybauskaitė had informed about her requirements for the candidate to fill the energy minister’s position, it was the Labour Party that made the final decision, according to Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has suggested cutting the number of vice-ministers to one per ministry and reinstating the non-political position of ministerial secretaries. […]
Gintautas Paluckas, executive secretary of the Social Democratic Party and former director of Vilnius city municipal administration, was chosen by the party’s Vilnius branch as the candidate in next year’s mayoral election. […]
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in Lithuania, while its coalition partner the Labour Party has seen the largest drop in ratings, according to a recent survey published by the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Deputy Minister of Culture Darius Mažintas submitted his resignation which was accepted by Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis on Friday. […]
The largest party of the ruling coalition, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), will propose nominate Gintautas Paluckas to run for the post of Vilnius mayor in next year’s elections. […]
Renata Cytacka, the controversial former deputy minister of energy delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), will try her luck in the election for a vacant seat in Parliament. […]
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) have invited former finance minister Ingrida Šimonytė to run for Vilnius mayor in municpal elections next year. Meanwhile the Liberal Movement has nominated the party’s former finance minister, Remigijus Šimašius, for the post. […]
Elections to Lithuania’s municipal councils are proposed to be held on 1 March 2015. […]
The Conservative, Labour and Order and Justice parties of Lithuania employ emotionally charged rhetoric to built their image, while the Social Democrats and the Liberals use a more rational sort of discourse, claim political experts interviewed by the portal LRT.lt. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with representatives of the Prosecutors’ Trade Union to discuss major issues in their work and changes that need to be immediately implemented in order to ensure effective and quality activity of the Prosecutor’s Office. […]
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