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. […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s conservative MP Mantas Adomėnas was on Friday questioned as witness in the MG Baltic concern political corruption investigation. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union is changing the English-language version of its name, replacing “peasants” with the more modern “farmers”. […]
A Vilnius court has overruled the plea from the government’s representative to list street signs in foreign language in Vilnius as illegal. […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Framework Law on Children’s Rights Protection on the fast track, which bans all types of violence against children, including corporal punishments. […]
Lithuania is well placed to become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as soon as in 2018 if it makes sufficient progress in reforming the management of state-owned enterprises and controlling corruption, OECD Deputy Secretary General Douglas Frantz said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has accused the Lithuanian National Land Service of stalling land return in the capital city and land parcel formation processes, suggesting that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis should restructure the state agency. […]
MP Gabrielius Landsbergis who has been re-elected as the leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the country’s largest opposition force, says he did not expect the significant victory, pledging to unite the conservative community and make it more open to the public. […]
MP Gabrielius Landsbergis will continue heading the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the country’s largest opposition force. […]
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recommends that Lithuania should allow people with dual citizenship to run for a seat in the parliament. […]
Edvardas Kviatkauskas, head of the Kaunas Remand Prison, and Živilė Mikėnaitė, a former head of the prison and now director of the of the Prison Department, have been suspended from duties, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday put forward amendments that would enable prosecution of financial offenders who have fled the country. […]
Lithuania has been formally invited to become a full-fledged member of the Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Justice Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania’s government is holding an exit meeting in Medininkai, a city on the border with Belarus, on Wednesday to look into protection of the state border. […]
The scandal surrounding car lease and relationship with MP Greta Kildišienė has affected the rating of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, says sociologist Vladas Gaidys. […]
Lithuanian MPs Julius Sabatauskas and Andrius Palionis on Friday announced plans of running for leadership of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. […]
Searches conducted by Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) at the National Paying Agency (NPA) were part of a probe into projects administered by Saulius Silickas, a former head of the agency in charge of allocating EU and national agricultural aid funds, Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Friday. […]
The Seimas will next month hold an extraordinary session to pass a framework law on children’s rights protection, Rima Baškienė, the deputy speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, confirmed to BNS. […]
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