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Lithuanian Labor Party’s ex-leader calls corruption case ‘political’
Vytautas Gapšys, a former vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Labor Party who is standing trial on corruption charges, says that the case is political. […]
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Lithuania may introduce criminal sanctions for illegal financing of parties
The Lithuanian government has decided to draft amendments introducing criminal liability for illegally financing political parties. […]
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Lithuania to rename economy, education ministries
The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to rename the Economy Ministry as the Ministry of Economics and Innovation and to change the name of the Education and Science Ministry to the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports. […]
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Dual citizenship referendum with two week gap against Constitution – expert
A proposal to hold a dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania on two days with a gap of two weeks might run counter to the country’s Constitution and Lithuania might be held up to ridicule for holding such a vote, en expert in constitutional law says. […]
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Govt mulls interest declarations for journalists, media ban for politicians
Lithuania’s government is considering introducing asset, income and interest declarations for journalists, and also barring politicians from becoming shareholders in media companies. […]
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Parties act irresponsibly by pitting defense against social needs, Lithuanian president says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday political parties are acting “not nice and irresponsibly” by trying to play defense needs off against social needs. […]
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All major Lithuanian parties, except LSDP, likely to sign new defense deal next week (Updated)
All of Lithuania’s parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian political parties to discuss new defense policy deal
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties’ leaders to discuss the country’s defense policy for the next decade. […]
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Kurlianskis never was MG Baltic’s vice president, lawyer says
A lawyer representing Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group told a Vilnius court on Monday that Raimondas Kurlianskis, accused of bribery, never represented the company. […]
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Ex-Liberal leader Masiulis pleads not guilty in political corruption trial
Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of the Liberal Movement, pleaded not guilty to all charges in a major political corruption trial on Monday. […]
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MG Baltic’s ex-exec tells court he loaned EUR 90,000 to former Liberal leader
Raimondas Kurlianskis, a former vice-president of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, told a Vilnius court on Monday that he had given 90,000 euros to Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of the Liberal Movement, as a loan, not as a bribe. […]
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Businesses in Lithuania ‘demonized’, ‘ criminalized’ – MG Baltic’s ex-exec in court
Raimondas Kurlianskis, a former vice-president of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, said that businesses had been “demonized” and “artificially criminalized” as he gave testimony in a major political corruption trial on Monday. […]
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Panel suggests turning to court over Klaipeda councilor’s partisan statements
A special municipal impeachment commission on Friday suggested turning to court over the statements of Viačeslav Titov, a Russian Alliance councilor in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, on a Lithuanian partisan leader. […]
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Seimas speaker pledges to include name-spelling issue into fall agenda
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis has pledged to include bills on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in personal documents using Latin-based characters in the parliament’s fall agenda. […]
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Lithuania to protect memory of its partisans – Grybauskaitė
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the state will protect the memory of Lithuanian partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation. […]
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Seimas board prevents 2 conservative MPs from speaking at Krynica forum
The Lithuanian parliament’s board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland. […]
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SocDems oppose new defense deal, other Lithuanian parties inclined to back it
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government’s proposed agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal […]
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PM didn’t breach law by not declaring wife’s Swedbank stocks, watchdog rules
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis did not breach the law when he failed to declare his wife’s Swedbank shares, the Chief Official Ethics Commission of Lithuania has ruled. […]
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Government offers parties to sign new defense agreement
Lithuania’s government is offering parliamentary parties to sign an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the upcoming decade. […]
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Lithuanian PM’s call to strengthen LRT signal in Poland wouldn’t be productive – LRT chief
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis recent call to strengthen the signal of the country’s national broadcaster LRT would not increase accessibility of LRT radio and TV programs for Lithuanians living in Poland, LRT head Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė says. […]