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Politics

President Grybauskaitė: Raising defence funding and fighting social exclusion need not be incompatible

President Dalia Grybauskaitė assures that by raising defence spending the government will not forget promises to reduce social exclusion. The president voiced an opinion that the two objectives will have to be reconciled. […]

Politics

Lithuanian parliament considers penalties for absenteeism

Repeated and deliberate failure to attend plenary meetings, which leads to interruptions of adoption of key decisions, have caused the Lithuanian parliament‘s leadership to consider penalties including wage cuts and publicity, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

Elections in Lithuania
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Lithuania likely to hold local elections on March 1, 2015

The Lithuanian parliament is likely to set the date of the country’s first ever direct mayoral elections and of regular local council elections for March 1, 2015, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Saturday. […]

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Disinformation needs swift response – Lithuanian presidential adviser

Disinformation and any incitement to breach Lithuania’s sovereignty needs rapid response, Virginija Budienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on internal policy issue, said on Friday, presenting amendments, drafted by the president, to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public. […]