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Lithuanian agriculture minister resigns
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Vigilijus Jukna submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday. […]
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Deputy Seimas Speaker Kirkilas: We are happy with failed referendum results
Gediminas Kirkilas, one of the leaders of the ruling Social Democratic Party, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, who also chairs the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, spoke to TLT/DELFI.lt on the land sale referendum, held on 29 June, which failed due to a record-low turnout. What went wrong – or was it a success? […]
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Lithuania to allow EU nationals to join local political parties
Deputy Parliament Speaker Algirdas Sysas of the Social Democratic Party agrees with the idea that foreigners who permanently reside in Lithuania should be allowed to become members of political parties. […]
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Sysas: Grybauskaitė overstepped her bounds on “blacklist” issue
Deputy Seimas Speaker Algirdas Sysas thinks that President Dalia Grybauskaitė has overstepped her bounds by dictating her own conditions to the Government. […]
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Justice Ministry: Allow president to refuse pre-trial questioning in leak case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice suggests allowing the president to refuse to be questioned by a pre-trial investigation judge. […]
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Remaining “blacklist” vice-ministers step down
All suspect vice-ministers are stepping down in Lithuania, government officials said Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian parliament votes down sex change amendments
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday voted down a proposed package of amendments that would have legalized gender reassignment. […]
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Lithuanian parliament starts discussing contentious ethnic minority bill
On Tuesday, the Seimas of Lithuania started discussions on the proposed Law on Ethnic Minorities, a bill that has been a point of contention in Lithuanian politics. […]
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Lithuanian prime minister says blacklist vice-ministers will not be reinstated
Suspicious vice-ministers will not work in the renewed government, Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
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LRT journalist to become Lithuanian president’s spokesman
TV journalist Modestas Naudžius is set to become Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s spokesman after she will be inaugurated for a second term on Jul. 12, the vz.lt website reports on Tuesday. […]
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Two new MPs take oaths in the Seimas
On Tuesday two new members of parliament were sworn in at the Seimas. Members of Parliament Arminas Lydeka and Stasys Brundza took their oaths. The oaths were administered by Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court Dainius Žalimas. […]
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Restrictions on Russia’s RTR Planeta TV channel end in Lithuania
Restrictions on Russian TV channel RTR Planeta ended in Lithuania on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission vows, however, to impose even tougher sanctions, if violations are repeated. […]
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Presidential adviser: Lithuania won from deputy ministers’ blacklist story
Virginija Būdienė, Senior Advisor to the President on Education, Science, Culture and Non-Governmental Organisations, has noted that there are no winners or losers in the deputy ministers’ “blacklist” story. She welcomed the resolve of the coalition to cleanse itself of deputy ministers whose reputations were short of impeccable. […]
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Lithuanian opposition leader proposes random checks to fight corruption in civil service
Leader of the Seimas Opposition, Andrius Kubilius, believes that an effective measure to ensure transparency in government might be testing civil servants’ resistance to corruption. […]
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Opposition leader: Ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of common sense
According to Andrius Kubilius, former prime minister and leader of the Seimas opposition, the ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of common sense last week when it decided to dismiss and not to reinstate deputy ministers mentioned in the Special Investigation Service (STT) report. […]
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Lithuanian MP proposes changes in Seimas’ Statute
MP Jurgis Razma proposes to establish in the Statute of the Seimas a possibility for MPs to make statements not in the end of the evening plenary session, “when nobody hears them, but in the end of the morning plenary session.” […]
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Voter turnout of failed referendum at 14.98%
On Thursday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) confirmed the official results of the failed referendum which took place on 29 June. […]
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Lithuania’s ruling coalition rejects presidential “threats”
Leaders of Lithuania’s ruling coalition on Thursday issued a statement rejecting President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s “expressed threats.” […]
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President says has a duty to prevent stealing of public funds
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that the country’s political leaders have a duty to act to prevent embezzlement of public funds after receiving information from law-enforcement bodies, but did not disclose how many ministers might not receive her approval after her inauguration for a second term of office. […]
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I trust Minister of Agriculture – Lithuanian PM
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius placed his trust in Minister of Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna, of whom President Dalia Grybauskaitė had demanded responsibility for the transparency of his subordinates. […]