Lithuania’s outgoing Defence Minister Juozas Olekas assured Ukraine’s Chief of Defence Viktor Muzhenko that Lithuania’s attention to the Ukrainian Armed Forces would remain at the same level next year. […]
The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do after this loss to Gabrielius Landsbergis’ Conservatives and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants”? […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has decided not to approve Defense Minister Juozas Olekas of the Social Democrats as caretaker health minister due to his discredited reputation in the story of “golden spoons.” […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Monday proposed appointing Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas as acting Minister of Health. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) has earned 19 mandates in the multi-mandate electoral district, another 42 politicians are vying to be elected in the second round in single-mandate districts. But Ramūnas Karbauskis, the […]
Lithuania’s government will Wednesday discuss the updated draft National Security Strategy. […]
The Conservatives and “Peasants” obtained better election results than predicted by polls through voter loyalty, low turnout among the Social Democrat electorate and the various scandals surrounding the incumbent coalition government believe sociologists. Polls by […]
Tension continues to run high after the elections. The opposition parties have exerted dominance over their incumbent colleagues in single-mandate electoral districts as well where veteran politicians have had to concede to new challengers, being left in second places at best. Even fame has done little to offset this in some cases. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday examined the circumstances of the recall of Colonel Saulius Pikturna from the post of defense attache to Russia after he married a Russian citizen and failed to notify Lithuania of his new marital status. […]
The Seimas elections campaigning period is now almost over, having lasted since spring. The Alfa.lt news portal reviews the key factors and parties throughout the process First of all – the role of law enforcementThis […]
On Tuesday PM Algirdas Butkevičius spoke at the TV3 News studio. The main topics of discussion with Butkevičius, who is also the Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), were his role as PM […]
Lithuania’s first national cyber security exercise, named Cyber Shield 2016, is getting underway on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said. […]
The Chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Gabrielius Landsbergis recently spoke on the Alfa Savaitė show. The main focus of the conversation was regarding the recent efforts of the opposition to initiate interpellations to the scandal hit ministers of national defence and agriculture in order to prevent them from avoiding responsibility. […]
Lithuania on 23 September formally recalled its defence attache, Saulius Pikturna, from Russia following his marriage to a woman from the Russia-annexed Crimea. […]
The Lithuanian State Defence Council has endorsed an updated National Security Strategy. […]
The Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke in an interview at the TV3 News studio. The discussion centred on the citizen’s seeking change in politics after the numerous scandals of this […]
The so-called “golden fork” scandal has not yet settled, but it may very well be that Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas could be faced with yet another controversy. This time it relates to the controversial family status of an officer who was slated to be posted in Moscow, DELFI.lt reported. […]
The story of overpriced kitchen utensils has markedly pulled down the public confidence in Lithuania’s Armed Forces and Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
The so-called army utensils scandal has significantly decreased public trust in the military and the Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas shows an opinion poll by Vilmorus released in Lietuvos Rytas newspaper on Saturday. The […]
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