Amid proposals from some branches of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party to withdraw from the ruling coalition, three former leaders – ex-PMs Algirdas Butkevičius and Gediminas Kirkilas, as well as former parliamentary speaker Česlovas Juršėnas – insist that the party should stay in the bloc. […]
The Lithuanian government has heard the voice of the communities living abroad and has reversed its decision to scrap the Commission for Coordination of Affairs of Lithuanians Living Abroad. […]
Reform of the public service in Lithuania would leave the country with about 20,000 civil servants, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said. […]
Lithuania’s Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has appointed a new defense policy director and the director general for capabilities and munitions as of Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the government-proposed tax changes should ensure more social justice, while the current proposals will raise heating prices and the new ceiling on social insurance payments will further increase the income of those making the highest salaries. […]
Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas has decided to sack Danielius Kuprys from the post of director of the National Land Service. […]
The penal system in Lithuania is rather rotten and in need of radical reforms, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after reports about new violations in the Kaunas Remand Prison. […]
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Johnsson has reversed her Tuesday’s decision of not refusing to accept resignation from her adviser Linas Kontrimas, announcing plans to dismiss him. […]
The Kaunas Remand Prison, which was recently scrutinized by a few control institutions and checked by the Lithuanian Justice Ministry, has been subjected to new checks after its chief accountant Rasa Kazėnienė again turned to the ministry. […]
Lithuania’s former education and science minister Audronė Pitrėnienė confused her public and private interest by taking care of the premises of King Mindaugas Vocational Education Center and later taking a post in the center, the Chief Official Ethics Commission found on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania’s ruling coalition is working in a stable and consistent manner, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis after a meeting of the coalition’s political council. […]
The restructuring of the Lithuanian public service to be initiated this fall could be just as challenging as the recent forestry reform, which triggered heated disputes and tensions, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party should remain in the ruling coalition to keep stability in the state, says the party’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that the decision to turn to the party’s branches aimed at shirking responsibility. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė this week signed an amendment moving the European Union‘s (EU) directive to the national law, however, not granting family rights to partners. […]
The proposed version will allow original name-spelling with non-Lithuanian characters on the main page of the passport for the local Polish community, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Thirteen of the 19 members of the political group of the Social Democratic Party do not want to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says Andrius Palionis, the leader of the political group. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is meeting on Friday with Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė to discuss the initiatives discussed at the parliament that would pave way to the use of non-Lithuanian letters in ID documents. […]
Financial obligations of Lithuania’s political parties that ran for the 2016 general elections have narrowed by a factor of three, however, the total debt remains at an impressive 482,000 euros, Lietuvos Rytas daily said, citing data from the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not be a promising step. […]
Lithuania’s Justice Vice-Minister Donatas Matuiza in charge of the prisons system resigned on Wednesday, the justice minister’s spokeswoman confirmed to BNS. […]
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