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  • Defence

Former Ministers of Defence on Wagner: why Lithuania should turn to NATO

Lithuania should turn to NATO with its neighbours and agree on a scenario for a proper response to possible provocations…

1 year ago
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Kęstutis Girnius. The changed Lithuanian political landscape

Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette conferred upon Vytautas Grubliauskas

On 3 November 2018, the Government of Japan announced that Mr. Vytautas Grubliauskas was conferred with The Order of the…

6 years ago
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LRT investigation. Cyber security centre can also spy – theoretically, it has all the capacities

On Thursday, some members of Seimas had their emails flooded with thousands of emails. IT specialists have warned politicians that…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas rejects resolution accusing PM of restricting freedom of speech

Lithuania's ruling bloc on Tuesday mustered enough votes to reject an opposition-initiated resolution accusing Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis of restricting…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian children adopted by foreigners to keep Lithuanian citizenship

Lithuanian children adopted by foreigners will be able to keep their Lithuanian citizenship after the country's parliament adopted necessary amendments.…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Move to probe influence on politics in 2008-2016 makes headway in Seimas

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday gave the green light for setting up a new commission to investigate unlawful influence on…

6 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian defmin signs JEF deal in London

Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis on Thursday signed the agreement on the creation of the UK Joint Expeditionary…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Environmin works well, interpellation will fail, Seimas speaker says

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis is convinced that the opposition-initiated interpellation against Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas will fail.…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s opposition collects signatures for environmin’s interpellation

The parliamentary opposition in Lithuania has collected signatures backing an interpellation against Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas. [...]

6 years ago
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Karbauskis hints to Grybauskaitė and Kubilius: the investigation will definitely continue

With the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) completing its parliamentary investigation, "Farmer" leader Ramūnas Karbauskis shared his insights…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Nine key findings of Seimas committee’s influence probe

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) completed on Wednesday its investigation into business and interest groups'…

6 years ago
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Kęstutis Girnius. Another bottled storm

When you're bored or don't know what to do, you look for ways to spend time. Youth look for leisure,…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Seimas to host meeting of NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee

The Standing Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly will hold a meeting at the Lithuanian parliament. [...]

6 years ago
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V. Nekrošius: there is no chance of snap Seimas elections

"Not one bit. 85 votes are needed and that's impossible. There's no chance," professor Vytautas Nekrošius thus described the possibility…

6 years ago
  • Politics

SocDems to propose candidate for president, Paluckas not to run for EP

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose a candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, the party's council decided at its…

7 years ago
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G. Kirkilas: 2G against common Lithuanian foreign and defence policy

Two young political party leaders – the Conservatives' Gabrielius Landsbergis and LSDP's Gintautas Paluckas – two weeks ago ruined signing…

7 years ago
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Kęstutis Girnius. Vassal mentality – subservience to the USA

Some ten days ago, former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius uncharacteristically strictly criticised Lithuanian foreign policy, as well as President Dalia…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s ruling bloc recognizes vote on raise for doctors, opposition goes back to work

Lithuania's ruling coalition agreed to recognize that the conservatives' bid to raise wages for trainee doctors was adopted, therefore, the…

7 years ago
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A cabinet whose time needs to be endured

With Saulius Skvernelis’ cabinet reaching its first birthday, a chorus of Happy Birthday is nowhere to be heard. On the…

7 years ago