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Labour Party elects new leader
Živilė Pinskuvienė, the mayor of the Širvintos district, was elected as the new leader of the Lithuanian Labour Party on Sunday. […]
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Žemaitaitis picked as leader of Order and Justice party
MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis, acting leader of the Order and Justice party, was on December 11 elected to head the political force on permanent basis. […]
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Peasants & Greens in EUR 1 mln debt after Seimas elections
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) has a campaign debt of almost a million euros after the October parliamentary elections, in which the party scored a resounding victory, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Friday, based on data from the Central Electoral Commission. […]
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Governments programme based on good intentions – President
The new Lithuanian government‘s program is based on good intentions, and the implementation will depend on more than just cooperation among politicians but also on economics and external factors, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Opinion
Two signals from Donald Trump to the Baltics that Russia won’t like
After Donald Trump was elected President of the United States there were numerous concerns that the new master of the White House will be inclined toward pro-Russian policy – financial links to Moscow and the Kremlin’s praise to the President Elect were concerning. However D. Trump’s statement and decisions show that Russia celebrated too early and could be greatly disappointed. […]
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PM-designate to propose Vainiutė for justice minister
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-Designate Saulius Skvernelis will propose Milda Vainiutė for the country’s new justice minister. […]
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Govt backs pre-paid SIM cards registration, bill now goes to Seimas
The Lithuanian government on 8 December approved a proposal to obligate operators to register pre-paid SIM cards, a measure that is expected to help combat telephone fraudsters, and will now send the respective amendments to the parliament for approval. […]
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Outgoing PM regrets his Govt failed to carry out health, education reforms
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that what he regrets most is that his Cabinet failed to implement healthcare and education reforms. […]
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SocDems to propose law Prof Vainiutė for JustMin
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) proposes Milda Vainiutė, a law professor at the Mykolas Romeris University, for the post of justice minister in the new coalition government, outgoing Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
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Government may be sworn in without Minister of Justice
Lithuania’s new government may be sworn in next Tuesday without a permanent justice minister if the Social Democrats fail to find a suitable candidate for the post, Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
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New Government makes helping families a priority
Lithuania’s new government sees the protection and promotion of the family as a priority, Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday when presenting his Cabinet‘s program to the parliament. […]
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New HealthMin sees proposal to store embryos forever as compromise
Lithuanian Health Minister-designate Aurelijus Veryga on Tuesday described as a compromise the Peasant and Green Union’s new proposal to allow an unlimited number of embryos to be created in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, but to put in place the requirement to store them indefinitely. […]
Opinion
Ten surprises promised by the Skvernelis’ government
The new Saulius Skvernelis government presented their official plan for the coming four years. The government programme is comprised of 132 pages which narrate the main Peasant and Greens – Social Democrat coalition tasks. News […]
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Karbauskis says to withdraw amendment banning embryo freezing
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that won the recent parliamentary elections, says that he will withdraw an amendment aimed at banning embryo freezing. […]
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President sticks to her position on IVF law
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has not changed her position regarding the Law on Assisted Reproduction, her advisor on economic and social policy issues said on Tuesday morning. […]
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Amendments banning embryo freezing in Lithuania submitted to Seimas
Amendments to Lithuania’s new Law on Assisted Reproduction, which has not yet come into force, are submitted to the parliament on Tuesday with the aim of returning to a conservative version of the bill that limited the number of embryos created during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. […]
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New Govt program features less clarity on taxes, future of pension funds
The program of the coalition government of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union and the Social Democratic Party no longer features specific proposals on planned tax reform, also giving a vague idea of the possible changes of the pension scheme. […]
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Lithuanian Railway chief views resignation as best decision in life
Stasys Dailydka who resigned from the post of CEO of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) last week says it was the best decision he had made in life. […]
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Lithuanian police searching for suspected spy
Vilnius police is searching for a suspected spy, the Vilnius County Central Police Commissariat said. […]
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Steponavičius suspends Liberal Movement membership
Lithuanian MP Gintaras Steponavičius on Monday said he was suspending membership in the Liberal Movement after it turned out that he was questioned as a special witness in a probe of political corruption. […]