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Journalists call on Lithuanian authorities to lift restrictions on access to registry data
Lithuanian journalists called on the authorities on Thursday to lift restrictions on access to data from the Center of Registers. […]
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Seimas probe finds LRT council has too many functions, proposes to set up board
The Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc investigation commission scrutinizing the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) says the public broadcaster’s council currently has too many functions and proposes to establish a board. […]
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LRT must be resistant to political pressure, president says
Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT must be resistant to political pressure and influence of interest groups, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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Augustinavičius resigns as Lithuania’s deputy culture minister
Renaldas Augustinavičius has resigned as Lithuania’s deputy culture minister, the Culture Ministry said on Tuesday. […]
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MG Baltic claims EUR 20,000 in non-material damage from MP Bakas
MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business group, is claiming 20,000 euros from Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), in compensation for non-material damage to its reputation. […]
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Labor Party loses 2,000 members in six months
Lithuania’s Labor Party lost almost 2,000 members over the past six months. Meanwhile, the ruling Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union grew (LVŽS), figures from the Ministry of Justice showed on Monday. […]
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TS-LKD wants to be “people’s party”, Landsbergis says
Lithuania’s opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats wants to be a counterbalance to the existing ruling parties and be a “people’s party”, its leader says. […]
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Paksas mulls new movement after leaving Lithuania’s Order and Justice party
Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas says he’s starting a new phase in his life and is establishing a new movement of “healthy patriotic forces” after leaving the Order and Justice party he co-founded. […]
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Žemaitaitis re-elected chairman of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party
Remigijus Žemaitaitis has been re-elected chairman of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party. […]
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Seimas to hold discussion on Lithuanian music quota for radios
The Seimas of Lithuania is holding a discussion on Monday on a Lithuanian music quota for local radio stations. […]
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Seimas to consider proposal to ban spreading info inciting terrorism
The Seimas of Lithuanian will consider the Cabinet’s proposal to ban spreading information inciting terrorist crimes. […]
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Seimas amends law to provide more time for organizing referendum
The Lithuanian parliament on Friday amended a law to provide more time for organizing a referendum. […]
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TS-LKD’s Haase wins Lithuania’s parlt by-election in Lithuania’s Zanavykai constituency
Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has won the Sunday’s by-election in Lithuania’s Zanavykai constituency, held to fill a vacant parliament seat, according to preliminary data from the country’s Central Electoral Commission. […]
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Up to 190 LSDP members joined LSDDP – LSDP leader
Up to 190 members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have joined the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP), a new party founded by a group of breakaway members of the former party, the LSDP leader said on Friday. […]
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Liberal, Order and Justice MPs appointed Lithuanian parlt vice-speakers
Remigijus Žemaitaitis of the Order and Justice Party and Jonas Liesys of the Liberal Movement were appointed on Friday as vice-speakers of the Lithuanian parliament. […]
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Seimas opposition blocks bid to link subsidy to LSDDP with defense funding
The Seimas opposition blocked on Thursday the ruling bloc’s unexpected proposal to give the greenlight for the government to borrow money not only for increasing the defense budget, but also for providing funding to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP). […]
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Lithuania’s TS-LKD nominates ex-econmin for Vilnius mayor
Lithuania’s conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats has nominated former Economy Minister Dainius Kreivys for Vilnius mayor. […]
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Seimas makes first step in bringing hope to life prisoners
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday made the first step towards bringing the hope of release to those sentenced to life imprisonment. […]
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Seimas to launch probe of political corruption during previous governments
The Lithuanian Seimas is set to launch a new parliamentary investigation into political corruption during the tenure of previous governments. […]
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Seimas opposition blocks bid to provide state subsidy to breakaway SocDems
The Seimas opposition blocked on Tuesday an overhaul of public funding of political parties that would have paved the way for allocating over 200,000 euros in state budget funds to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP). […]