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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
With most deputy ministers in the Lithuanian government having resigned on Thursday, the process continued on Friday. […]
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. […]
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 has beeen appointed the president of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court. […]
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. […]
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 Vigilijus Jukna submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday. […]
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? […]
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. […]
Deputy Seimas Speaker Algirdas Sysas thinks that President Dalia Grybauskaitė has overstepped her bounds by dictating her own conditions to the Government. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice suggests allowing the president to refuse to be questioned by a pre-trial investigation judge. […]
All suspect vice-ministers are stepping down in Lithuania, government officials said Tuesday. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday voted down a proposed package of amendments that would have legalized gender reassignment. […]
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. […]
Suspicious vice-ministers will not work in the renewed government, Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
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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