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Lithuania begins municipal elections campaign
On Wednesday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has announced the beginning of the electoral campaign for 2015 municipal elections. […]
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Asset declarations reveal six millionaires among Lithuanian ministers
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. […]
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Lithuanian MEP Uspaskich in trouble over assistant
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. […]
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Lithuania’s new deputy minister of culture takes office
Deputy Minister of Culture Agneta Lobacevskytė took office on Monday. The deputy minister will oversee the matters of ethnic minorities, archives and information society. […]
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Former finance minister Šimonytė turns down offer to run for Vilnius mayor
Former Lithuanian Minister of Finance and now deputy chair of the central Bank of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė has decided against running for Vilnius mayor. […]
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Lithuanian PM: Political scientists should be at the vanguard of information resistance
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says political scientists should be the vanguard in the context of recent events in Ukraine and amidst the information war. […]
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Direct mayoral elections in Lithuania may lead to disappointment, political scientists say
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. […]
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Lithuanian parliament votes down conservatives bill on ethnic minorities
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. […]
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Masiulis sworn in as Lithuania’s energy minister
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. […]
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Visaginas mayor detained on suspicions of office abuse
Dalia Štraupaitė, mayor of the Visaginas municipality in eastern Lithuania, is in detention, Panevėžys prosecutors have confirmed. […]
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President’s requirements for energy minister were transparency and professionalism, adviser says
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. […]
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Labour Party insists new energy minister was its own choice
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. […]
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Lithuanian Social Democrats want ministerial secretaries reinstated
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. […]
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Lithuania’s social democrats pick candidate for Vilnius mayor election
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. […]
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Social democrats remain Lithuania’s most popular party
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. […]
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Lithuania’s vice-minister of culture resigns
Deputy Minister of Culture Darius Mažintas submitted his resignation which was accepted by Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis on Friday. […]
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Social democrats propose Gintautas Paluckas as candidate for Vilnius mayor
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. […]
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Controversial former vice-minister Cytacka to run for vacant parliament seat
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. […]
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Conservatives invite former finance minister Šimonytė to run for Vilnius mayor
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. […]
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Lithuanian municipal elections proposed on 1 March
Elections to Lithuania’s municipal councils are proposed to be held on 1 March 2015. […]