Politics

MP Bronius Matelis has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas. […]

Discussion about mandatory job placements for graduates makes sense – edumin

Lithuanian Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė believes that there is a good reason to discuss a proposal to solve the problem of a shortage of professionals in the regions by making it mandatory for students who study free of charge to work in a certain location for a certain period of time after graduation. […]

Karbauskis: ‘Peasants’ group in Seimas ‘united as never before’

The political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas is united as never before, Ramūnas Karbauskis, its leader, said on Wednesday. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius ir Zigmantas Balčytis

MEP Balčytis to run for SocDem Party leader, MEP Blinkevičiutė unlikely

MEP Zigmantas Balčytis will run for the post of leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), but his colleague Vilija Blinkevičiutė is unlikely to join the leadership race after being chosen to head an important committee at the European Parliament (EP). […]

Lithuania drops 6 places on Corruption Perception Index

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania dropped six places on the Corruption Perception Index last year, Transparency International non-governmental organization said on Wednesday. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis ir Saulius Skvernelis

Seimas speaker disagrees with LPGU leader’s words on “Govt destruction”

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says he disagrees with the words by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) that delegated him to the post, about the story of MP Greta Kildišienė being an attempt to destroy the administration. […]

Seimas speaker to sack official ethics chief

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Peasant and Green Union has pledged to initiate sacking Romas Valentukevičius from the post of the head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission. […]

Court sentences ex-OMON officer to 12 yrs for war crimes

The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on Tuesday found former OMON officer Vladimir Razvodov guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 12 years in penitentiary. […]

Ethics chief refuses to step down

Romas Valentukevičius refuses to resign as chairman of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (COEC). […]

Vilnius vice-mayor Paluckas to run for SocDem Party leader

Vilnius Vice-Mayor Gintautas Paluckas confirmed on Tuesday his intention to run for the post of leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]

Karbauskis sees MP scandal as 1st serious attempt to undermine Government

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), sees a recent scandal surrounding LPGU MP Greta Kildišienė as “the first serious attempt to undermine the government that has been elected by people”. […]

Seimas to draft separate law to set out MPs’ duties, rights, guarantees

The Seimas will work out a separate law to set out the duties, rights and guarantees of the activities of members of the Lithuanian parliament. […]

Weather conditions in Vilnius delay German troops’ arrival

Weather conditions in Vilnius on Monday delayed the arrival of the first group of German troops to be deployed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s multinational battalion. […]

Embattled MP Kildišienė asks election body to revoke mandate

MP Greta Kildišienė of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union on Monday submitted a plea to the Central Electoral Committee, asking to revoke her mandate. […]

Kildišienė to resign as MP amid car lease scandal