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Lithuanian lawmakers want persons with corruption convictions banned from elections
Lithuanian lawmakers propose banning persons who have been convicted for corruption from any election for ten years. […]
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Dispute over KGB collaborators erupts in Seimas
A dispute has on Thursday erupted in the Lithuanian parliament over a proposal to publish information on people who admitted to have collaborated with the KGB, with the parliamentary opposition warning of the Kremlin’s interest. […]
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Kaunas, whole Lithuania will have new stadium in 20 months – city mayor
Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, will start the reconstruction of its Darius and Girėnas Stadium in early July after the city signed a contract with contractors. Kaunas should have a new stadium in 20 months, the city’s mayor says. […]
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Lithuania’s corruption case: prosecutor wants money restriction for Masiulis extended
Justas Laucius, the prosecutor representing the state in the MG Baltic political corruption case, has asked Vilnius Regional Court to extend the property rights restriction for Eligijus Masiulis, one of the defendants in the case, to use the 242,400 euros that were found at his home during a search. […]
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Seimas lowers age limit for local election candidates
The Seimas of Lithuania has lowered the age limit for running for councilor or mayor to 18 years. […]
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PM hopes to push through tax, pension reforms
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis admits that some of the government’s proposed tax and pension system improvements are making slow progress through the Seimas, but hopes to reach a compromise and carry through the planned changes. […]
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Seimas speaker calls deportations a shadow trailing behind every Lithuanian family
Deportations and repressions are a shadow of history that trails behind every Lithuanian family, the speaker of the Seimas said on Thursday as the nation remembers the victims of Stalin’s deportations. […]
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Seimas committee decides to create new media support model
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Culture decided on Wednesday to take the initiative to create a new media support model after rejecting amendments drafted by the Culture Ministry. […]
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Lithuanian parlt commission decides not to open probe on MP Mackevič
The Lithuanian parliament’s Commission for Ethics and Procedures decided on Wednesday not to open a probe regarding MP Michal Mackevič of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS). […]
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TS-LKD sacks member for business ties
Lawmaker Mantas Adomėnas has been expelled from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) for his ties with the MG Baltic business group. […]
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Lithuania must use its economic upswing period for future-shaping decisions – president
Lithuania has to use its economic upswing period for making decisions that will shape its future economic development, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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Seimas speaker disagrees with president’s agenda criticism
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas disagrees with President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s criticism over the parliament’s agenda being packed with insignificants issues. […]
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PM calls corruption cases “success stories” in political cleanup context
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says President Dalia Grybauskaitė “dotted all I’s based on the latest topicalities” in her State of the Nation Adress on Tuesday, and the mentioned corruption cases he called “success stories” in the political cleanup context. […]
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Five key highlights of Lithuanian president’s State of Nation Address
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday delivered her State of the Nation Address to the Seimas. […]
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Lithuania must be at forefront of EU integration – president (Updated)
Lithuania must be at the forefront of EU integration, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian parties have unique opportunity to rise to new life – president
Lithuanian political parties have a unique opportunity to rise to a new life after recent political corruption scandals and they need volunteers, just like the Armed Forces do, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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Stirring of political corruption waters reveals ‘unseen Lithuania’ – president
A high-profile corruption case has revealed an “unseen Lithuania” where efforts are continuing to sell the state and take control of it, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas on Tuesday. […]
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President to give her State of Nation Address
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Tuesday deliver her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas. […]
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Ex-minister takes intelligence body to court over MG Baltic claim
Raimondas Šukys, a minister in several former Lithuanian governments, has taken the State Security Department, or VSD, to court over the intelligence agency’s claim that people from MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups, exerted influence on him. […]
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Philosopher Juozaitis mulls running for Lithuanian president
Arvydas Juozaitis, a Lithuanian philosopher and one of the initiators of the Lithuanian reform movement Sąjūdis, is mulling running for president. […]