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MEP Guoga on why party democracy is overhauled

May 22, 2017 MEP Antanas Guoga 0

Representative democracy lives from its representatives. Ideally, wise and responsibly acting men and women, who have already achieved something in life and have now decided to give something back to society and patriotically serve their country and its people. This is the republican ideal that Seneca imagined and wrote about for their respective societies. Dwight D. Eisenhower famously said: “Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen, who would protect the rights and privileges of free men,” MEP Antanas Guoga. […]

Govt coalition’s fate may hinge on vote on alcohol restrictions – Karbauskis

May 22, 2017 BNS EN 0

The fate of Lithuania’s ruling coalition may depend on how the Social Democrats vote on a package of measures aimed at curbing alcohol consumption, Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the bigger party in the coalition, said on May 19. […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis

Popularity of ruling party on decline – poll

May 22, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its leaders is on the decline, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court opens MP Pukas impeachment case

May 19, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court on Friday approved for consideration the case of MP Kestutis Pukas charged with sexual harassment. […]

Conservatives propose to put alcohol sales restriction bill on hold

May 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats proposes that the parliament temporarily suspend debates on a controversial package aimed at sharply reducing access to alcohol until political groups in the Seimas reach consensus and muster enough votes to pass the legislation. […]

MP Bastys demands criminal case against security officials

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, continues to challenge prosecutors’ decision not to open a criminal case against the State Security Department‘s officials and prepares to turn to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. […]

Chief prosecutor informs EP committee about Paksas probe

May 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis in early May provided the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs with information about an investigation in which the parliament is asked to lift the legal immunity of MEP Rolandas Paksas, a former Lithuanian president who was impeached in 2004. […]

STT hands Klaipėda seaport, Latvijas Tilti bribery case to court

May 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) has handed to court a criminal case of corruption at the Klaipėda state-run seaport and Latvijas Tilti company. […]

Skvernelis, Karbauskis see their approval ratings fall

May 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis saw his public approval rating drop to 60 percent in April, down by six percentage points from a month ago, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]

Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Lithuania has cleared several key hurdles to OECD membership

May 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania has made significant progress over the past two years in its efforts to become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and if it keeps the pace, it could join the club of economically strong, transparent and innovative nations in 2018, OECD Deputy Secretary General Douglas Frantz said in an interview with BNS. […]

Anti-corruption agency to have easier access to corporate financial data

May 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Special Investigation Service (STT) will be able to gain access to financial data of banks and other legal entities without obtaining a court warrant. […]

PM doubts if complete ban on alcohol advertising is possible

May 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

If Lithuania introduces a complete ban on alcohol advertising, it will hardly be able to enforce it on foreign-registered Internet sites, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]

In the front of the new HQ of the State Security Department in Vilnius

Seimas board to hold meeting on impact of business groups on political system

May 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is holding a board meeting for what he said was influence of business groups on the country’s political system. […]

President vows support to non-Lithuanian names in passports with green light from watchdog

May 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she will support the proposals to allow non-Lithuanian characters of the Latin alphabet on the main page of personal documents, if a green light is received form the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]

Proposal to allow ‘w’ in Lithuanian passports clears 1st hurdle in Seimas

May 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

A proposal to allow using non-Lithuanian Latin-based characters for spelling names on the first page of personal identity documents has cleared the first hurdle in the parliament. […]

Poles in Lithuania won’t be discriminated against over names, PM Skvernelis tells PM Szydło

May 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis told his Polish counterpart, Beata Szydło, on Monday that national minorities in Lithuania would not be discriminated against over the spelling of their names in documents. […]

Fewer attempts reported in Lithuania to bribe voters – election watchdog chief

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

One pre-trial investigation into suspected bribery of voters was opened during the mayoral elections in the Šakiai and Jonava districts and MP election in the Panevėžys-Anykščiai constituency this past weekend, however, evidence shows that the incident should not revise the election results, says Zenonas Vaigauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission. […]

PM decides against moving to official residence

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced on Monday he had decided not to move to a residence in the de luxe suburb of Turniškės and would stay in his current family home in the village of Smigliai in the Vilnius district. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Ramūnas Karbauskis ir Gintautas Paluckas

Farmers remain most popular but down by 1/3 since January

May 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which triumphed in the last parliamentary elections, remains the country’s most popular political force, however, its ratings declined by a third since the beginning of the year, while the ruling Social Democrats and the opposition conservatives climbed on the popularity ladder, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]

Social Democrats’ new leader promises to back university reform principles

May 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), says that the party’s political group in the Seimas will support the principles for a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group. […]