Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Seimas speaker critical of initiative to merge business watchdog institutions

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė is reluctant to endorse the initiative of Minister of Economy Evaldas Gustas to merge several business supervisory institutions. […]

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Politics

Lithuanian politicians do not shun news media control

A number of politicians are in control of news media outlets, both those in the ruling coalition and the opposition parties, according to a dataset from 2013 on news media ownership. […]

Algimanta Pabedinskienė
Politics

Lithuanian social security minister presents employment-boosting measures at international forum

Prevention of structural unemployment and development of an inclusive labour market is essential in order to remove obstacles to Lithuania’s economic growth. This was emphasised by the Lithuanian Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė who presented the country’s experience at II International Forum on Public Employment held in Madrid (Spain) on 24-25 July, Ministry of Social Security and Labour informs. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Prime minister resists pressure to reappoint controversial deputy minister

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he will not give in to the pressure of MEP Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), over the reappointment of the former Deputy Minister of Energy Renata Cytacka. […]

Almantas Petkus
Politics

Black-listed deputy ministers will not return to offices

The ministerial teams will most likely not include Deputy Minister of the Interior Algimantas Juocevičius, Deputy Minister of Environment Almantas Petkus and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Živilė Pinskuvienė, who were included in the so-called blacklist compiled by the Special Investigation Service (STT). On Monday this was confirmed by the Ministries in question. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president and prime minister continue topping popularity polls

Residents of Lithuania continue favoring President Dalia Grybauskaitė who was recently appointed for a second term in office and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the Social Democratic leader who has received a new mandate, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]