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Politics

Minister of economy terminates competition for tourism chief

Lithuania’s Economy Ministry has terminated the third competition for the top official of the Tourism Department, a move pledged by Virginijus Sinkevičius of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union before his appointment as economy minister. […]

Politics

Seimas adopts corruption whistleblower protection law

Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a law ensuring confidentiality of persons reporting corruption and other offenses of officers and public servants. The law should take effect in January of 2019. […]

Visvaldas Matijošaitis
Politics

Popularity of Kaunas mayor still growing – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll

The popularity of Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, continues growing, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

Gediminas Kirkilas ir Juozas Bernatonis
CORPORATE

The letter: Brief overview of the current challenges for Social Democracy in Lithuania

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is the longest-existing political party in Lithuania, founded in 1896. It was involved in preparing and adopting the Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918 as well […]