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Lithuanian leaders call MH17 crash “brutal act of terror”

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine also falls upon suppliers of weaponry to armed militants in the region. Meanwhile President Dalia Grybauskaitė called the incident a “brutal act of terror”. […]

Renata Cytacka
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Prime Minister Butkevičius assures that controversial energy vice-minister will not be in new government

Renata Cytacka, delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, who resigned as deputy energy minister under pressure from government leaders, will not be returning to the position, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė
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MP Šalaševičiūtė proposed as Lithuanian minister of healthcare

The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose MP Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė as minister of healthcare. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
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Butkevičius reappointed prime minister of Lithuania

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday voted in favour of allowing Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius to continue serving as prime minister after 88 lawmakers voted in favor, 36 were against and seven MPs abstained. The president then appointed him to lead the Government […]