The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) intend to call an extraordinary session of the Seimas (parliament) on February 17 to launch impeachment procedures against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys. […]
With less than a year left until the Seimas (parliament) elections, the Labour Party is not planning to ask Loreta Graužinienė to leave the Seimas speaker‘s position. However, not only the opposition, but some MPs from the ruling coalition are dissatisfied with the politician. […]
A meeting between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the Parliamentary Committees on Foreign and European Affairs discussed the EU’s refugee relocation scheme. According to the European Affairs Committee chair Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuania’s position is to oppose proposals of introducing a permanent mechanism for refugee resettlement. […]
On Thursday evening, the French Ambassador to Lithuania, Mr. Philippe Jeantaud, bestowed the French Legion of Honour on former prime minister and deputy speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, Mr. Gediminas Kirkilas. […]
Poland‘s new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York. […]
Russia’s Vladimir Putin may have just done favour for Lithuania with his sardonic remark on “fewer Lithuanians” during his recent visit to Kaliningrad – even parties that had bristled against the idea of a referendum on allowing dual citizenship, might be embracing it amid the sabre-rattling from the East. Moreover, politicians might be getting cozy with another outlandish idea: get the folks say “yes” or “no” through e-voting. […]
The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on European Affairs is scheduled on Wednesday to discuss the Greek bailout plan. […]
Lithuanian officials will tell eurozone finance ministers on Saturday and EU leaders on Sunday that Vilnius is in favour of Greece staying in the monetary union. […]
A meeting of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, and Russian President Vladimir Putin does not mean that Washington will soften its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine, says Lithuanian Deputy Seimas Speaker, Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius was re-elected as the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party for a two-year term on Friday. […]
Seimas Deputy Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas wants to include Poland in the planned construction of Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP). […]
Social Democratic Deputy Parliament Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas says that the resignation of Andrius Kubilius as chairman of the oppositional conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) was a sensible step. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that a proposal to hold a referendum for Vilnius residents to decide on the fate of the Soviet Green Bridge statues was a “good idea”. […]
Lithuanian Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, deputy speaker of the Seimas, chair of the Committee on European Affairs, has met with Jutta Schmitz, German ambassador to Lithuania. […]
Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament and Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, a social democrat, says he does not agree with the criticism of right-wing parties that accuse the European Union of being too soft on Russia. […]
On 12 January, the president of France signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Deputy Seimas Speaker, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Social Democrat MP Gediminas Kirkilas has been appointed as an officier of the Legion of Honour. […]
After the far-left Syriza party won Greek parliamentary elections, Lithuanian parliamentarians say they do not expect major changes in Europe, as politicians tend to mollify their stance after coming to power. […]
Lithuania expects the six-month Latvian presidency of the European Union (EU) Council, which is starting on Thursday, to focus on the Eastern Partnership program. […]
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