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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. […]
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TS-LKD appeals against VRK ruling over LVŽS leader-linked TV series
Lithuania’s conservative opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has turned to court with a request to annul the Central Electoral Commission‘s (VRK) conclusion that Naisių Vasara (Naisiai Summer), a TV series funded by Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, contains hidden episodes of political advertizing only in several installments. […]
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Lithuanian MEP Guoga mulls political retirement
Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga is considering retiring from politics next year when his terms ends. […]
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Bank of Lithuania to look into additional info on VIA SMS Group
The Bank of Lithuania will analyze additional information on VIA SMS Group after Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, said earlier the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania includes people who have direct ties with the owners of the collapsed Parex bank. […]
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Lithuania’s election watchdog registers 6 candidates to fill vacant Seimas seat
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday registered six candidates who want to fill a vacant parliament seat. […]
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VIA SMS Group linked to Parex collapse, Lithuanian MP says
Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has called on the government to disclose whether activity of the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania has been assessed in terms of national security. […]
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Lithuania’s LVŽS leader pledges to stop rising prices
Lithuania’s government and parliament will take all possible measures to stop rising food prices in supermarkets, Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), says. […]
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Lithuanian PM to meet with Lithuanian community in Poland
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Poland on Wednesday to meet with representatives of the local Lithuanian community. […]
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No Lithuanian reps on MEP’s Top-100 list – media
Lithuanian MEPs are among the least-working in the European Parliament, the national television LRT’s program Panorama reports, citing a website analyzing work statistics. […]
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Lithuanian president named most influential politician – surveys
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains the most influential politician in the country, the delfi.lt news website reports. […]
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Lithuania will hold dual citizenship referendum, PM says
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says a dual citizenship referendum “definitely will be held” alongside the presidential election next year, fearing, however, that it might fail due to a low turnover. […]
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Commission to rule whether Klaipėda councilor deserves impeachment
A special commission is holding a meeting on Friday to rule whether Viačeslav Titov, a Russian Alliance councilor in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, deserves impeachment. […]
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Ex-CEO calls Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda’s lawsuit “hopeless”
Former CEO of Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda Eugenijus Gentvilas doubts that the port will succeed in its bid to get him compensate alleged damage the port incurred during his management. The lawmaker is convinced that his case is “hopeless” and believes it’s a sign of the upcoming elections. […]
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Port of Klaipėda files EUR 1.9 mln lawsuit against ex-CEO
Lithuania’s Port of Klaipėda has filed a lawsuit against its former CEO and incumbent chairman of the Liberal Movement Eugenijus Gentvilas. This is how much damage the port suffered after its failure to pay to the builders of its embankments in time. […]
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Election Action of Poles might get Seimas’ vice speaker’s post, Farmers’ leader says
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance might get the position of a deputy speaker of the Seimas, despite not being part of the ruling majority. […]
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Mayor of Lithuania’s Akmene on Russia trip: it should be promoted, not condemned
Vitalijus Mitrofanovas, the Social Democrat mayor of Lithuania’s northern district of Akmenė, says he was expecting criticism for a planned schoolchildren’s trip to Russia but says he sees nothing wrong in such cooperation and calls for making use of it for the promotion of European values. […]
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Lithuania comes in 40th in UN’s e-government development index
Lithuania comes 40th out of 193 countries in the United Nations’ Electronic Government Development Index, dropping 17 positions, compared to 2016. […]
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Papal visit to Lithuania: spending arrangements and calls for Church to reveal figures
Lithuanian institutions and the Catholic Church have started coordinating financial issues related to the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, with funds to be spent on stages, protection, decorations. […]