Politics
Janušienė appointed as Lithuania’s new tax chief
Edita Janušienė, former chief auditor at the central Bank of Lithuania, has been appointed to head the country’s State Tax Inspectorate (STI) for the next four years. […]
Politics
Politics
Pinskuvienė steps down from leadership of Lithuania’s Labor Party
Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania’s parliament, announced resignation from the post during a meeting of party’s council on Tuesday evening. […]
Opinion
Lithuanian PM urges SocDems to speed up coalition decision, wants MPs to stay
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has warned the Social Democratic Party against procrastinating their decision on future in the ruling coalition. Delegated by the Farmers and Greens Union, the PM said he would work to secure alternative support without a formal decision of coalition partners, if they tried to put off the discussions until the budget adoption. […]
Culture
Culture Ministry Tuesday calling competition for Opera House director
Lithuania’s Culture Ministry will Tuesday call a competition for director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT). […]
Politics
Politics
Ruling Farmers party to circulate 300,000 copies of party paper
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) pledges to kick off the next political season with solution of the party’s main problem – communication faults, which, in the words of the party’s leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, has so far kept the political force from proper presentation of the decisions taken by the parliament and the government to the public. […]
Politics
Farmers’ leader says relations with SocDems are good
The leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) says that his party’s relations with its ruling coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), are good, adding that the position of LSDP Chairman Gintautas Paluckas, who has said that the Social Democrats may consider pulling out of the coalition, differs from that of the party’s parliamentarians. […]
Politics
Farmers’ leadership meeting to discuss coalition future
Leadership of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union is Wednesday gathering to discuss the future of the ruling two-party coalition, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis said. […]
European Union
Influence peddling suspicions brought against Lithuanian MEP Paksas
Formal suspicions of trading in influence were brought on Monday against Rolandas Paksas, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
Politics
Uspaskich returning to Labor Party
MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labor Party, has announced plans of returning to the party and sent a membership application to the party’s Kėdainiai branch, the Labor Party‘s information center said. […]
Politics
Popularity of ruling Lithuanian Farmers, Greens Union further down – poll
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) declined further in July, allowing the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) to secure a slight lead, shows a poll published by Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
Politics
Bill on whistleblower protection drafted in Lithuania
A bill has been drafted in the Lithuanian parliament to protect a person reporting an irregularity in an organization. […]
Politics
Conservatives catching up in popularity with ruling Farmers
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats are catching up in popularity with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
Politics
SocDems branches asked to give opinion on coalition with Farmers
The presidium of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has asked all 60 branches of the party to discuss future prospects for the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU). […]
Politics
President downplays frictions in ruling bloc
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has pledged to sign legal amendments on reforms of the forestry sector, giving a critical opinion of the process of their adoption. […]
Politics
Prosecutors ask Government to look into how Gediminas Hill was maintained
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office is not opening, at least for now, a public interest case over damage done to Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, but is asking the government to initiative a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances. […]
Politics
Social Democrats’ leaders to discuss situation in Government coalition
Members of the presidium of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) plan to meet in Vilnius on Thursday to discuss the situation in the ruling coalition. […]
Politics
Gay League asks president to veto amendments to law on equal opportunities
The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) said on Wednesday that it had asked President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the parliament’s decision to transpose into national law an EU directive without listing partners as family members. […]
Politics
Social Democrats to decide on staying in Government coalition in late September or early October
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will likely decide in late September or early October whether or not to stay in the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Gintautas Paluckas, the LSDP chairman, said on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Seimas okays forestry sector restructuring initiated by Farmers
After the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union promised to the opposition conservatives to bring back the value-added tax (VAT) discount, the parliament on Tuesday approved the restructuring scheme of the country’s forestry sector that has triggered heated debates in the society. […]