The new Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė intends to present the Labour Party, which has delegated her, with her deputies during the meeting of the presidium to take place on 30 July. The minister admits it is not easy to find people who have experience to make decisions and skills in particular fields and who would not belong to one business group. […]
The introduction of the euro in Lithuania will bring not only economic benefits, but also will help curb financial populism of politicians, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Lithuania’s acting Prosecutor General Darius Raulušaitis on Monday turned to European Parliament President Martin Schulz with a request to take away the immunity from prosecution of Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich. The Lithuanian Court of Appeals is currently hearing a fraud case against him. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Two Lithuanian ruling parties – the Social Democratic Party and the Order and Justice party – lost some of their supporters over the past few months, while the Labour Party climbed up the popularity ladder, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
As the government has been reappointed following President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s inauguration for the second term, deputy head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Welfare return to their posts. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public and amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the participation of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) in the Coalition has not been questioned yet, vz.lt reports. […]
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”. […]
Lithuania’s parliament sang the national anthem on Thursday to close the extended spring session. The parliamentarians should return to the plenary hall on 10 September for the autumn session. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed a proposal to remove the provision on bilingual street signs from the draft Law on National Minorities which is currently being debated by the lawmakers. […]
On Thursday, three new ministers of the Lithuanian Government led by Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius took oath at the Seimas. […]
On Thursday the mandate of Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis ends and he is replaced by Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė. Andriukaitis thinks that his successor, fellow social democrat, will not change the team and how the ministry is run. […]
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. […]
News in 120s: new Government appointed, Lietuvos Dujos under allegations of cheating its customers, Ukraine: Russian forces preparing to attack, Separatist leader Strelkov issues martial law. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius submitted on Wednesday morning a new line-up of the government to President Dalia Grybauskaitė to approve. […]
News in 120 seconds: Algirdas Butkevičius re-appointed prime minister, unknown aircraft bombs Snizhne, Ukraine’s forces claim they were shelled using advanced Russian arms. […]
Lithuania’s Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič has signed an order accepting the resignation of his deputy and fellow party member Renata Cytacka. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose MP Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė as minister of healthcare. […]
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