Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president proposes fines for propagation of war

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė suggests a provision that at least 90 percent of the television programmes rebroadcast in Lithuania should be in the official languages of the European Union, adding that fines should be imposed for instigation of war and infringement upon independence. […]

Ministry of Transport and Communication
Politics
Šarūnas Birutis
Politics

Lithuanian culture minister: National minority law will depend on coalition line-up

If the task force set up by the prime minister fails to find a compromise on the draft National Minority Law prepared by the Culture Ministry, Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis says its fate will depend on discussions on the line-up of the ruling coalition and the participation of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) party in the bloc. […]

Jaroslav Neverovič and Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian prime minister insists he will not reappoint sacked energy minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius insisted on Wednesday he would not re-appoint Jaroslav Neverovič, the recently sacked Minister of Energy, if his party, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), delegated him once again. […]