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Freedom Prizes awarded to Adamkus, Landsbergis
Lithuania’s parliament has awarded the Freedom Prizes to former president Valdas Adamkus and the country’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Executing ECHR ruling on Paksas requires changing Constitution – JustMin
Without changing the Constitution, Lithuania cannot execute the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on violated rights of impeached President Rolandas Paksas, Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says. […]
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Court annuls construction permit for Moscow House in Vilnius
A court has granted a request from Lithuania’s State Territorial Planning and Construction Inspectorate to annul the construction permit, issued back in 2008, for the so-called Moscow House in Vilnius. […]
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Constitutional Court: Semas findings to rehab Paksas run counter to main law
The conclusions of Lithuania’s earlier parliament “on restoration of civil and political rights of President Rolandas Paksas” run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. […]
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Seimas upholds presidential veto, drops Civil Code amendments
Lithuania’s parliament has taken the presidential veto into account, deciding to discard the latest amendments of the Civil Code. […]
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Peasants aim to move Seimas elections to Spring
The current legislative term in Lithuania will be half a year shorter than usual as the next parliamentary elections are likely to be held in the spring of 2020, the chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) said on Tuesday. […]
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PM says no signals of increased threat of terrorism in Lithuania
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday called on Lithuanians not to panic in the wake of Monday’s deadly truck attack in Berlin, saying that there are no signals of an increased threat of terrorism in the country. […]
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Karbauskis to propose upholding veto of Civil Code amendments
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that he will propose that the party’s political group at the parliament should support the president’s veto of amendments to the Civil Code on insulting public figures. […]
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President to veto Civil Code amendments on insult of public figures
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday she would veto amendments to the Civil Code on insult of public figures. In her words, the law adopted by the Seimas facilitates persecution for criticizing the administration. […]
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Peasant & Greens up on popularity scale, SocDdems down
Lithuania’s ruling Peasant and Greens Union, which triumphed in the recent parliamentary elections, saw its popularity grow, while that of their coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party, was cut in half from the September level, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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PM to set up crisis centre under Government
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency. […]
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Social Democrats confirm vice minister appointees
On December 17 the Social Democrat Party presidium confirmed the party‘s appointees to work as vice ministers in the ministries of economy, justice and foreign affairs. […]
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PM Skvernelis most popular politician – survey
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is the country’s most popular politician after his Peasant and Green Union won October general elections, a poll showed Saturday […]
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New Interior Minister: Police reform halted until mid-2017
An agreement has been reached with Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas to suspend the police reform until the middle of 2017, says Lithuania’s new Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]
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Sodra social insurance budget envisages raising pensions by EUR 20 from January
The average old-pension should go up by about 20 euros starting early 2017, which is 5 euros more than the increase planned earlier. The raise is envisaged in the revised 2017 budget draft of the Sodra state-run social insurer. The draft does not say anything about the plans of the Peasant and Green Union, which won the October general elections, to increase pensions by 40 euros from July. […]
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Search of Lithuanian Railways’ HQ part of year-long international probe
The Tuesday’s searches of the offices of the state railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) are part of nearly a year-long international investigation, Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) says. […]
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Lithuania’s 17th Government takes oath
After the parliament on Tuesday approved the government’s program, the country’s 17th Cabinet headed by Saulius Skvernelis took oath. […]
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Dargužaitė to head new Lithuanian government’s office
Milda Dargužaitė, a former managing director of Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, has been appointed chancellor of the new government of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Seimas approves new government’s programme
he Lithuanian parliament endorsed on Tuesday the programme of the new coalition government of the Peasant and Green Union and the Social Democratic Party. […]