Referendum on land sale to foreigners
Politics

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. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Calling Government “criminal” is application of double standards – PM

Attempts to put a tag “criminal” on the incumbent Lithuanian government amount to politicizing and application of double standards, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday in response to President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s recent criticism of certain government representatives. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian PM says making “blacklist” public is mistake

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that making the so called blacklist of deputy ministers public has been a mistake, as it may impede further investigation. According to the head of the Cabinet, decisions on deputy minister will be made by ministers, their immediate superiors. […]

Referendum
Politics

Under 7% of Lithuanians have voted in land sale ban referendum by 1p.m.

Only 6.44 percent of eligible voters have expressed their will at 1p.m. in the referendum on a proposed ban to sell agricultural land to foreigners and legal entities, being held in Lithuania on Sunday, which is several times lower that during the recent elections in May. […]