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Justice minister says won’t tolerate pressure on ministry staff
Lithuanian Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says that she will not tolerate pressure on the ministry’s staff. […]
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PM to deal with situation at Justice Ministry next week
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to deal with the situation regarding Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys when he returns to work after a holiday next week. […]
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Government to discuss Migration Department overhaul in mid-May
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that the Migration Department should be a separate agency, but he will in mid-March present the government with several alternative options for overhauling the existing system. […]
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Interior minister sceptical about online voting
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas is skeptical of plans to introduce online voting, saying that it cannot be done until there is a 100 percent guarantee of security. […]
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Justice vice-minister calls prison audit allegations ‘a slap in the face’
Lithuanian Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys on Wednesday dismissed allegations that he tried to stall audits of the prison system and said that he would discuss the situation with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis when he returns to work after a holiday. […]
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Langaitis out of Seimas, former Kaunas mayor Kupčinskas in
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission on Wednesday cancelled Tadas Langaitis‘ mandate as a member of the Seimas at the conservative lawmaker’s request. […]
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Lithuanian government to table bill paving way for online voting
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill paving the way for developing an online voting system and will now send it to the parliament for approval. […]
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President doubts justice minister’s competence (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she doubts whether Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys are competent enough to perform their duties. […]
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Whistleblower accuses deputy justice minister of stalling audit of prisons system
Rasa Kazėnienė, former employee of the Lithuanian Prisons Department who is currently working at the Justice Ministry, has accused Vice-Minister Raimondas Bakšys of aiming to stall the audit of the prisons system. […]
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Government to discuss online voting system
The Lithuanian Cabinet of ministers will Wednesday discuss a bill that would pave way for development of an online voting system, which is expected to be tested during the next parliamentary elections in 2020. […]
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Opposition MPs collect signatures for parliamentary probe into land purchase processes
Lawmakers of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have collected enough signatures for launching a parliamentary inquiry into land ownership and acquisition processes in Lithuania. […]
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President, Kaunas mayor, PM Lithuania’s most popular politicians – poll
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis continue topping the list of Lithuania’s most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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SocDems hit lowest rating since 2016 elections – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Confidence in Lithuania’s opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Former Kaunas mayor Kupčinskas to replace Langaitis in Seimas
Andrius Kupčinskas, a former mayor of Lithuania’s second-biggest city of Kaunas, will likely replace Tadas Langaitis in the Seimas after the latter announced on Friday his decision to resign as a member of the parliament. […]
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Opposition MP Langaitis says he’s leaving Seimas (Updated)
Tadas Langaitis of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ political group in the Seimas on Friday announced his decision to resign as a member of the parliament, saying that “it is not possible to work constructively” with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU). […]
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Health minister suggests organ donation consent when receiving IDs
Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has suggested envisaging a duty for persons to decide on organ donation when applying for identification documents. […]
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Lithuanian SocDem Labour Party to hold constituent assembly in late March
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24. […]
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Election watchdog chief worked well – Seimas speaker
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) sees no reasons for the head of the Central Electoral Commission, Laura Matjošaitytė, to resign, adding she “is working properly.” […]
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Lithuanian bodies underuse anti-corruption instruments – Grybauskaitė
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Lithuania’s failure to improve its position in Transparency International‘s latest Corruption Perception Index shows that the country’s bodies do not make sufficient use of the instruments they have to curb corruption. […]
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Election watchdog’s chief must dispel transparency doubts – Grybauskaitė
Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, or VRK, and other members of the election body must dispel doubts about the transparency of their decisions, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]