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Paneriai Memorial holds 10th March of the Living
The traditional March of the Living will take place at the Paneriai Memorial in Vilnius on Wednesday to honor the memory of victims of the Holocaust. […]
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Politics
Seimas panel to decide on impeachment proceedings for MP Pūkas
The Lithuanian parliament’s commission plans to decide on Wednesday on proposing impeachment against MP Kęstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment. […]
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President gives no comment on Skvernelis-Paluckas “exchange of rhetoric”
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has dismissed as “exchange of rhetoric” the public statements about coalition relations by the leaders of two leading parties, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the newly-elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party Gintautas Paluckas. […]
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SocDems won’t be ‘easy and obedient’ coalition partners – Paluckas
The Social Democrats will no longer be “easy, accessible and obedient partners who have no priorities of their own” in the ruling coalition, Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), said on Tuesday. […]
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PM calls on new SocDem leader to ‘return to reality’
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he does not plan to meet with Gintautas Paluckas in the near future and calls on the newly-elected leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) “to return to reality”. […]
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Two Paluckas’ conditions for the Farmers
The newly elected social democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas on Saturday presented his conditions, according to which he would like to continue working with Farmer and greens Union, which is a partner in the coalition. Firstly, […]
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PM expects Government to decide on university network overhaul next week
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects that the Cabinet will next week decide on a plan for streamlining the network of scientific and educational institutions. […]
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Politics
Europe’s future scenario will depend on France’s presidential choice
Future scenarios of Europe will depend upon the choice made by France, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said in comment of the results of the first round of voting in French presidential elections where pro-European candidate Emmanuel Macron came in narrowly ahead of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. […]
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Bastys should give MP mandate, as he causes harm to party – Paluckas
After the Lithuanian parliament decided that Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys acted against Lithuania’s interests, he should give up the mandate to avoid further damage to himself and the party, says the Social Democratic Party’s new leader Gintautas Paluckas. […]
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Vilnius vice-mayor Paluckas elected as Lithuania’s SocDem Party leader
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Gintautas Paluckas has been elected as the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, the country’s largest party. […]
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Lithuania’s law to help draw Brussels’ attention to Belarus’ N-plant problem – German MEP
A law passed by the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday to restrict electricity imports from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus will help attract more attention in Brussels to the project’s safety problems, Rebecca Harms, a leading German Greens politician, said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Seimas panel on MP Bastys impeachment to invite security chief next week
A special commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament for MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ impeachment will invite Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department, and another intelligence officer to testify during its meeting next week. […]
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Politics
Seimas lifts MP Steponavičius’ immunity
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday lifted the legal immunity of the Liberal Movement’s MP Gintaras Steponavičius to allow bringing him to justice for abuse. […]
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Court decides to turn to Constitutional Court over chief vet’s dismissal
The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court decided on Thursday to ask for the Constitutional Court’s opinion on whether Jonas Milius was lawfully dismissed as director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS). […]
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Paluckas, Sinkevičius compete in run-off for SocDem leader
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Gintautas Paluckas and Lithuanian Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius are facing each other in a run-off election for the post of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) leader as voting starts on Thursday. […]
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Kryževičius appointed president of Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree to appoint Gintaras Kryževičius as president of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania. […]
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Seimas speaker to ask for security guidelines on politicians’ dangerous ties
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, says that he will ask the State Security Department, or VSD, for some guidelines what to look at while investigating politicians’ potentially dangerous ties with Russia. […]
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Seimas speaker favors rejecting president’s veto on municipal in-house purchases
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, thinks that the Lithuanian parliament should overturn the president’s veto regarding in-house purchases in municipalities as such a ban would affect local enterprises. […]