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Government has no plans of liberalizing immigration policies – PM
Lithuania’s government has no plans of liberalizing the migration policies, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, adding it was currently well-balanced. […]
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Dargis says won’t run for Lithuanian president next year
Robertas Dargis, businessman and president of the Lithuanian Industrialists’ Confederation, said on Friday that he does not plan to run in next year’s presidential election. […]
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PM says it’s hard, but possible for agriculture minister to stay on
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it will be difficult, but possible for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in his post after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on him to resign amid criticism over his family’s farming practices. […]
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Justice Ministry registers Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party
The Justice Minister registered on Thursday the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP, a new political party founded after last year’s split in the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
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Nausėda, Matijošaitis, Skvernelis top poll on possible presidential candidates – media
Economist Gitanas Nausėda, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis top the list of people viewed as possible candidates for next year’s presidential election in Lithuania, according to the latest opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Friday. […]
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PM: president’s criticism makes it hard for agriculture minister to stay on
After President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas can no longer remain in office, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it would difficult for the minister to stay on. […]
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Lithuanian MP complains to NATO chief over Juknevičienė’s Facebook posts
Mindaugas Puidokas, a lawmaker of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), said that he has turned to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly over Rasa Juknevičienė‘s statements regarding his party. […]
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Agriculture minister to decide on staying in post after meetings with PM, ruling party
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Thursday that he will decide on whether to remain in his post next week after meeting with the prime minister and the ruling party’s political group in the Seimas. […]
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Markauskas can’t stay as agriculture minister – president
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, who has recently come under criticism over his family’s farming practices, can no longer remain in office. […]
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Ruling party leader sees agriculture minister scandal as ‘stage-managed’
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), sees no reason for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign amid criticism over his family’s farming business. […]
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Homeland Union remains Lithuania’s most popular party – Delfi/Spinter poll
The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) holds onto its number two spot, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday. […]
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Prosecutors restrict Order and Justice’s rights to state budget allocations
Lithuanian prosecutors on Wednesday temporarily restricted the Order and Justice Party‘s rights to 223,000 euros in state budget allocations, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
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Seimas panel to ask anti-corruption body to look at LRT program procurement
The Lithuanian parliament’s investigative commission on the activities of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) will ask the Special Investigation Service, or STT, to assess the transparency of the public broadcaster’s program procurement, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]
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Agriculture minister in conflict situation – Seimas speaker
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis doubts the possibility to initiate a no-confidence vote in Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas amid criticism of his family’s farming on another person’s land. […]
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Election watchdog divides EUR 2.75 mln among Lithuania’s political parties
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country’s political parties. […]
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Lithuania’s LFGU paid EUR 65,000 to Skvernelis, team during election campaign
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) paid incumbent Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and other members of the team nearly 65,000 euros during the 2016 parliamentary election campaign. […]
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Agriculture minister says he doesn’t intend to resign
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Tuesday that he did not plan to resign amid allegations of using several plots of land for farming purposes without the landowners’ permission. […]
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PM says sees no reasons for agriculture minister to resign
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no reasons, at least for now, for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to resign following reports that his family received EU payments for farming someone else’s land. […]
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Lithuanian agriculture minister says he’d resign if PM lost confidence in him
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas says that he would resign right away if Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis lost confidence in him. […]
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Grybauskaitė: Lithuania to continue reforms after joining OECD
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Lithuania will continue reforms after joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]