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Government’s Office to scrap 1 in 5 positions
About a fifth of positions in the Lithuanian government should be discarded, the government’s press service said on Monday. […]
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Farmers loses popularity but remains most popular
Public confidence in the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union has slightly declined, however, the party remains at the top of the popularity list, shows the latest Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
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PM’s ratings continue climbing – poll
The scandalous stories involving the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union have had an impact on the ratings of the party and its leaders, Ramūnas Karbauskis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, shows the latest survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
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Baltraitienė leaving Labour Party
Virginija Baltraitienė, Lithuania’s former agriculture minister and MP, has sent a letter to members of the Labour Party over the weekend, informing about her plans to leave the party. […]
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Supreme Court chairman wants embattled judge to step down
Viktoras Aidukas, judge of the Criminal Trials Division at the Supreme Court of Lithuania who has been questioned as special witness in the influence peddling probe conducted by the Special Investigation Service, should step down from office, says Supreme Court chairman Rimvydas Norkus. […]
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Top court rules impeachment possible for crimes committed before taking office
Impeachment proceedings may be opened against persons holding certain posts for crimes committed before taking office, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday. […]
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Lithuanian PM takes English lessons twice a week
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is taking English lessons twice a week to improve his English-language skills. […]
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Businessman suspected in probe into influence peddling in Labour Party’s case
Suspicions have been brought against Arūnas Cicėnas, a co-owner of the road marking firm Kasandros Grupė, as part of a law-enforcement probe into suspected influence peddling in the Lithuanian Supreme Court’s hearing of the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping case, according to unofficial information available to BNS. […]
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Former tax chief challenges decision to sack him
Dainoras Bradauskas has appealed against the Lithuanian finance minister’s decision to sack him as head of the State Tax Inspectorate (STI). […]
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Speaker sees prosecutor suspicions as harm to state reputation
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says that the influence peddling suspicions brought by the Special Investigation Service against a Vilnius prosecutor harm the reputation of state institutions. […]
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Someone wants to use Labour Party for mutual struggles – Uspaskich
Someone wants to u se the Lithuanian Labour Party of mutual struggles, says the party’s honorary chairman Viktor Uspaskich who has been sentenced for bookkeeping fraud. […]
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Vilnius prosecutor probe linked to Labour Party’s case at Supreme Court
A pre-trial investigation in which Rita Aliukonienė, head of the First Division of Criminal Prosecution at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office, is suspected of influence peddling is related to the hearing of the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s case by the Supreme Court, officials at the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday […]
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TS-LKD International Secretary leaves the post to return to Lithuania
TS-LKD (Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats) appoints Dr. Žygimantas Pavilionis as the new International Secretary of the party. He replaces Ms. Gintarė Narkevičiūtė, who successfully held this position for over five years. […]
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Ruling party’s mayor in Panevėžys district suspected of abuse of office
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) has brought suspicions of abuse of office against Panevėžys District Mayor Povilas Zagunis of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) as part of a probe into the local authority’s public procurement activities. […]
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Lithuanian watchdog to ask for explanation from Russia’s TVC over hatred-inciting content
Lithuania’s media watchdog will ask for explanation from Russia-registered broadcaster TV Tsentr over a TV program containing incitement to hatred and defamation of the state. […]
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PM, conservative leader hold unannounced meeting at Government
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the leader of the opposition conservatives, Gabrielius Landsbergis, held an unannounced meeting at the government on Wednesday morning. […]
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Lithuania didn’t demand choice of another location for Astravyets N-plant – Seimas speaker
Lithuania did not contribute to the choice of a different location for the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which is being built in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis, adding that the only thing the country can do now to stop the project is to restrict access of the plant’s electricity to the Lithuanian market. […]
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PM hails conservatives leader’s promise to support reforms
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has welcomed promises by Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), to support strategic reforms as a sign of constructive opposition. […]
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Conservative MP Adomėnas questioned as witness in MG Baltic probe
Lithuania’s conservative MP Mantas Adomėnas was on Friday questioned as witness in the MG Baltic concern political corruption investigation. […]
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Ruling LPGU changes English-language name from ‘peasants’ to ‘farmers’
The ruling Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union is changing the English-language version of its name, replacing “peasants” with the more modern “farmers”. […]