Virginija Baltraitienė
Politics

Prime ministers wants to see Labour MP Baltraitienė as Lithuania’s new minister of agriculture

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday that he would like to see Virginija Baltraitienė, a Labour Party MP, take up the post of agriculture minister. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president vetoes law easing requirements for political parties’ finances

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments to the Law on Public Procurement, which would have enabled political parties to avoid the requirements stipulated in the law, the presidential press service said on Friday. […]

Gediminas Kirkilas
Politics

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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Politics

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. […]