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Police reform brings positive results, but some risks remain – minister
Lithuania’s police reform has produced positive results, but some risks remain unmanaged, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Thursday. […]
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Constitutional Court to rule if ministers have to pay for wrongful dismissal
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court on Thursday starts hearing a case regarding ministers’ personal monetary liability for wrongful dismissal of employees or other wrongful decisions. […]
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Lithuanian Migration Department’s director stays in her post
Evelina Gudzinskaitė does not plant to resign as director of the Lithuanian Migration Department under the Interior Ministry after receiving a negative assessment of her work. […]
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International organizations invited to observe parliamentary scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster
The chairman of an ad hoc commission set up by the Seimas for parliamentary scrutiny of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has invited international media and broadcasting organizations to send their observers to the panel’s meetings. […]
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President calls for open selection of public service staff
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will propose legal amendments, calling for open selection of specialists hired to the public sector under employment contracts, the President’s Office said on Wednesday. […]
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Klaipėdos Nafta CFO Marius Pulkauninkas to head Lithuania’s State Forestry Enterprise
Marius Pulkauninkas, currently chief financial officer at Lithuania’s state-controlled energy terminals operator Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil), is to be appointed chief executive officer of Valstybiniu Miškų Urėdija (State Forestry Enterprise). […]
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MPs collect signatures for no-confidence vote in academic ethics guard
Lithuanian parliamentarians have collected signatures in support of discussing no-confidence in academic ethics controller Vigilijus Sadauskas faced with accusations of anti-Semitism. […]
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Lithuania’s government ready to take over defence agreement – PM
The government is ready to take the coordinating role and coordinate the positions of political parties on defence matters to facilitate signing of a long-term document on the country’s defence strategy, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Lithuania’s ex-president urges politicians to keep youth believing in public life
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus has emphasized the importance of continuity in public life and unity of the nation, inviting youth to take active interest in history. Speaking on the country’s centennial anniversary, he urged politicians to act in a way to make sure that the youth is not disappointed in the state and public life. […]
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Lithuanian MPs collect signatures for Skardžius impeachment
Lithuania’s opposition has collected signatures for impeachment of MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labor group who may have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector. […]
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Zabulionis wrongfully fired as Lithuanian Road Administration’s deputy director – court
A court has ruled that Daivis Zabulionis was wrongfully dismissed as deputy director of the Lithuanian Road Administration and will have to be reinstated in his post. […]
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European Broadcasting Union concerned over Seimas scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster
Officials from the European Broadcasting Union say that the ongoing parliamentary scrutiny of the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) may undermine the independence of the public broadcaster. […]
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PM urges Seimas to return to same-sex partnership issue
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Wednesday urged the parliament to go back to the issue of same-sex partnership. […]
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Lithuanian MP starts collecting signatures to fire academic ethics ombudsman
Aušrinė Armonaitė, a Liberal member of the Seimas, has started collecting parliamentarians’ signatures for a no-confidence motion against Vigilijus Sadauskas, the ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures. […]
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Seimas leadership summoning academic ethics watchguard
Top leadership of the Lithuanian parliament will Friday look into the situation surrounding Vigilijus Sadauskas, chief of the Service for Academic Ethics and Procedures, who proposed a reward to those who establish crimes committed by Jews in 1900s, a move the Jewish Community of Lithuania dismissed as anti-Semitism. […]
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Seimas speaker urges academic ethics guard to resign amid anti-Semitism claims (Updated)
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Vigilijus Sadauskas , ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, to step down amid allegations of anti-Semitism after he proposed a reward for a research thesis about Jewish crimes in the 1900s. Sadauskas plans to stay on. […]
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Lithuanian Liberals to choose their presidential candidate from among 7 members
The opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement is choosing is candidate to run for Lithuanian president next year from among seven members of the party and expects to name him by April. […]
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About the status of G. Nausėda, the Chief Advisor of the President of SEB Lithuania, the letter by MP Ž. Pavilionis
Mr. Peter Wallenberg, President of Wallenberg Foundations AB, and Mr. Magnus Schöldtz, Senior Advisor on international and government affairs.Your Foundation is one of the largest and most respectable investors in our country’s economy. I can bravely say that you are symbolizing investment in the Baltic countries from Scandinavia. This investment not only helped us to develop economic, but also the democracy in our country. […]
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Misiūnas sees post at Lithuania’s Maximos Grupė as professional challenge
Dalius Misiūnas who is about start as the CEO of Maxima Grupė, operator of the biggest retail chain in the Baltic states, says that his career decision was a result of professional challenges and the opportunity to gain new knowledge. […]
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Lithuania’s environment minister stepped aside from decisions on ex employer – ethics guards
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas duly stepped aside from the decisions to earmark support to his former employer and consequently did not violate the law, the Chief Official Ethics Commission concluded on Wednesday. […]