The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the law on party funding, thus paving the way for the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania (LSDDP), which was established after the last general election, to get a state subsidy. […]
The board of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement has annulled the Vilnius branch’s decision to run in next March’s municipal elections on the ticket of a newly-established public election committee. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), on Wednesday threaten to initiate impeachment proceedings against MP Povilas Urbšys and called on members of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) to resign. […]
Three opposition political groups in the Lithuanian parliament have invited Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Government Chancellor Algirdas Stončaitis to their joint meeting on Thursday to clarify the circumstances under which the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting on giving the media free access to registry data was deleted. […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has warned that linking the mandates of public broadcasters’ supervisory bodies to the terms of office of the appointing authorities may increase political interference. […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday started deliberating amendments on giving journalists free of charge access to data from the Center of Registers. […]
After the Lithuanian parliament passes a resolution to hold a dual citizenship referendum, the Constitutional Court will be asked to assess whether the planned plebiscite is in line with the main law. […]
Eugenijus Gentvilas, chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has called on Remigijus Šimašius to step down as vice-chairman of the party after the mayor of Vilnius announced his decision to run for re-election as a public election committee’s candidate, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Tuesday. […]
The Lithuanian government is considering discarding projects for publicizing its decisions and activities via media outlets, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s budget for 2019 will be socially responsible and will help improve the quality of life for a large part of the population, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga expects the Seimas to pass by the end of the current fall session new amendments paving the way for an overhaul of healthcare facilities. […]
Decisions to support privately-owned businesses through taxpayers’ money must be “carefully evaluated”, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday, commenting on calls to give the media free access to information from the Center of Registers. […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, seeking re-election for a second term, has pledged to introduce a so-called wage “floor” for teachers and revive the central bus and railways station and Naujininkai areas of the Lithuanian capital. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has come in second in a rating of potential candidates for next year’s presidential election, and economist Gitanas Nausėda rating’s keeps going up, a new survey has revealed. […]
The Vilnius Regional Court decided on Friday to adjourn the proceedings in a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, to give time to a new defense lawyer of Šarūnas Gustainis, a defendant, to read the case-file. […]
The conclusions of the Seimas Commission scrutiny of the LRT activities are to a certain extent true, but the proposals on how to change the LRT management structure have nothing to do with the conclusions, says the LRT Director General Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė. Professor of Vilnius University Andrius Vaišnys maintains on the LRT RADIO – the conflict could easily be resolved in the discussion, lrt.lt writes. […]
Members of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s Vilnius branch have decided to nominated Remigijus Šimašius, the capital’s current mayor, as their candidate in next year’s mayoral election, giving him the mandate to form a public election committee. […]
An attempt on Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT’s independence poses threat to the freedom of speech, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
The director general of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has turned to the head of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), saying that the Lithuanian public broadcaster’s independence is under threat. […]
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