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Šakalytė resigns as Lithuanian health vice-minister
Gintarė Šakalytė, Lithuania’s deputy health minister in charge of personal healthcare matters and EU investment projects, is stepping down. […]
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Lithuanian ruling party’s leader aims to control public broadcaster – LRT CEO
Audrius Siaurusevičius, the director general of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), says that plans by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), to make public LRT documents made available to lawmakers prove that the politician seeks to control the public broadcaster. […]
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Rating data of Lithuania’s conservatives, LFGU differ – Delfi/Spinter poll
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the opposition conservatives battling at the top of the country’s most popular parties remains unchanged for now, according to a poll conducted by Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) and published on delfi.lt news portal. […]
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Lithuania’s new government chancellor seen as good administrator, not innovator
Algirdas Stončaitis who replaced his shoulder-straps of a police officer for a suit a few years ago is Wednesday again becoming the right-hand man to Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis – the man from western Lithuania is taking the post of governmental chancellor, although his teenage dream was to be a sailor. […]
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Lithuanian opposition launch parliamentary inquiry in farmland owned by Karbauskis’ businesses
The Lithuanian opposition is initiating a parliamentary inquiry into the farmland owned by businesses and family members of Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]
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Lituania’s LFGU back on top of popularity list – BNS/RAIT poll
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has gotten slightly ahead of the opposition conservatives on the popularity list, topping it again, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors start probe over land owned by Karbauskis’ concern (Updated)
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday decided to open an investigation into media reports about the business owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, and his family members. […]
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Lithuania’s STT launches probe on e-health project
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) has opened a pre-trial investigation into possible abuse based on the conclusions of the parliamentary Anti-Corruption Commission about creation of the electronic health system. […]
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Politics
Court rules Vilnius Mayor Šimašius wrongfully dismissed Darius Udrys from Go Vilnius
A three-member panel of judges of Vilnius County Court decided on Monday to satisfy, in part, Darius Udrys’ appeal of a lower court’s decision regarding his dismissal from the position of Director of Go Vilnius, the official development agency of the City of Vilnius. […]
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President criticizes Seimas over LRT commission
President Dalia Grybauskaitė criticized on Monday the Seimas for setting up a special commission for parliamentary scrutiny of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), saying that the public broadcaster’s financial activities could be probed by the National Audit Office or the Public Procurement Office. […]
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Seimas probe aims to leak info from Lithuanian public broadcaster’s contracts – LRT CEO
Audrius Siaurusevičius, the director general of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), says that parliamentarians have set up a commission parliamentary scrutiny of the public broadcaster with the aim of leaking information to the media. […]
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Seimas to decide on alcohol ads in foreign magazines in spring
Lithuania’s parliament will discuss in spring whether alcohol advertisement should be allowed in foreign publications distributed in the country. […]
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Vilnius mayor wants square next to Russian Embassy named after Russian democracy
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has proposed naming a square next to the Russian Embassy after Russian democracy. […]
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Seimas passes bill to vet large deals by strategic companies
A special government commission in Lithuania will be able to vet state-owned and privately-owned strategic enterprises’ deals exceeding 10 percent of their annual revenue. […]
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Pūkas gives up MP mandate
Lithuanian MP Kęstutis Pūkas who has recently been charged with sexual harassment gave up his MP mandate on Friday after the start of parliamentary discussion to revoke his mandate. […]
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Lithuania as unsafe as never before – Landsbergis
Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis says that the current security situation in the country is worse than back when Lithuania was fighting for independence 27 years ago. […]
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PM calls for law-enforcement probe of national broadcaster’s finances
Lithuania’s law-enforcement should conduct a check of the use of state funds by the national broadcaster LRT, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Seimas removes revocation of Pūkas’ MP mandate from agenda
The Lithuanian parliament’s meeting of elders decided to remove the bid to revoke the mandate of MP Kęstutis Pūkas from the plenary agenda. […]