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Lithuanian president inaugurated for second term

July 12, 2014 BNS 0

Inauguration events for Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who was re-elected for a second term in May, took place in Vilnius on Saturday. […]

President Grybauskaitė reveals her priorities for second term

July 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite says that her second term of office will differ from the first one not only because the geopolitical situation has changed significantly and new challenges have emerged. […]

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

July 11, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Seimas ombudsman proposes regulation to ease reporters’ access to government officials

July 11, 2014 DELFI EN 0

The Seimas Ombudsman Raimondas Šukys addressed the Ministry of Culture with a recommendation to draft a sample regulation, which would assure that the right of journalists to get information is properly implemented by governmental and municipal institutions. […]

Referendum Law violates Lithuanian Constitution, court rules

July 11, 2014 BNS 0

The provision of the Referendum Law, which obligates the parliament to call a referendum, even if the proposal is possibly inconsistent with the Constitution, run counter to the country’s main law, the Constitutional Court has ruled on Friday. […]

Lithuanian deputy ministers continue handing in resignation letters

July 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

With most deputy ministers in the Lithuanian government having resigned on Thursday, the process continued on Friday. […]

Seimas passes law giving media greater protection from law enforcement

July 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Thursday, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public and the Code of Criminal Procedure initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė. It is hoped this will enhance freedom of the press, democracy and respect of human rights. […]

Lithuanian president vetoes law easing requirements for political parties’ finances

July 11, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Dainius Žalimas appointed head of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court

July 10, 2014 BNS 0

Dainius Žalimas has beeen appointed the president of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court. […]

Jukna must have had serious reasons to resign: Andriukaitis

July 10, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis says he is surprised by the resignation of his colleague, Minister of Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna. The social democrat claims he is unaware of the reasons but believes they must have been serious. […]

Lithuania’s Labour Party has 6 candidates to head Ministry of Agriculture

July 10, 2014 ELTA EN 0

After Vigilijus Jukna resigned as the Minister of Agriculture, the Labour Party presidium has six candidates to choose from to the position. […]

Lithuanian agriculture minister resigns

July 10, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Vigilijus Jukna submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday. […]

Deputy Seimas Speaker Kirkilas: We are happy with failed referendum results

July 10, 2014 DELFI EN 0

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? […]