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Lithuanian court okays continuation of national stadium tender
The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on Thurday gave a green light to the concession tender of the National Stadium in Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian ministry doubts if direct rule in Druskininkai would be proportionate
The Lithuanian Interior Ministry says that there is a legal basis for introducing direct rule by the central government in the southern spa resort of Druskininkai, but doubts if it would be a proportionate administrative measure. […]
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President’s position runs counter to rule of law principles, Lithuanian PM says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
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PM calls president’s decision to reject justmin candidate “surprise”
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s decision to reject Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister is surprising, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
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President rejects PM’s candidate for justice minister
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will not appoint Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, as the country’s justice minister, her press office told BNS on Thursday. […]
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I don‘t get any revenue from mother’s farm – Lithuanian agrimin
Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas claims he does not receive any revenue from his mother’s farm, therefore, there’s no basis for speaking about any constitutional violations. […]
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PM says president represents ‘one political party’
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė takes “a biased position” and represents “one political party” in a row surrounding Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas. […]
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Seimas opposition parties discuss interpellation against agriculture minister
Members of the Lithuanian parliament’s opposition parties met on Wednesday to discuss an interpellation procedure against Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas. […]
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Masiulis slams prosecutors over unconnected evidence in corruption case
Eligijus Masiulis, former leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has rejected the allegations in the political corruption probe, saying that prosecutors failed to include evidence that could prove his innocence into the case. […]
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Opposition targeting PM, agiculture minister
As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government. […]
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PM set to resist pressure from president, others
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he will not yield to pressure from President Dalia Grybauskaitė or anyone else in his decision on the future of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas. […]
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PM showed his dependence, lack of principle – president
By covering for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis demonstrated his dependence and lack of principle, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Charges in Lithuania’s political corruption case – bribes for laws, procurement, posts
Raimondas Kurlianskis, former vice-president of the Lithuanian MG Baltic concern, is charged with paying bribes to politicians for influence to adoption of laws, determining winners of public procurement tenders and appointment of officials, law-enforcement said on Tuesday. […]
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Agriculture minister stays on regardless of criticism over family farming
Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas is continuing in the position until the authorities check the circumstances of his family’s farming, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis told journalists after meeting with the minister on Tuesday. […]
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MG Baltic political corruption case goes to court
A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, and two political parties, the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party, goes to court this week. […]
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Liberal Movement picks MEP Auštrevičius as presidential candidate
MEP Petras Auštrevičius will be proposed as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. […]
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Labor Party elects Uspaskich as leader
Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party’s new chairman at a congress in Kaunas on Sunday. […]
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No new conditions in coalition deal with Lithuanian SocDem Labor party – Karbauskis
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly. […]
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More emergency crews among planned reforms of Lithuania’s health care system
Lithuania’s government intends to increase the number of the brigades of the emergency medical service as one of the innovations envisaged in the package of structural reforms presented by the government on Monday. […]
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Lithuania’s Polish MP again seeks publishing info on admitted ex-KGB agents
After Lithuania’s parliament over six months ago rejected the proposal of publishing the names of former KGB agents who had admitted their past, MP Zbignev Jedinskij has again initiated the amendment. […]