Dainius Pavalkis
Politics

Lithuanian president dismisses minister of education

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday signed a decree, accepting the resignation of Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president: Social security minister is doing worse than education minister

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is critical of the Labour Party‘s decision to recall its minister Dainius Pavalkis from the Ministry of Education and Science, saying that there are other ministers delegated by the party that are doing much worse. […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Seimas Speaker Graužinienė resigns as leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has resigned as leader of the Labour Party, the party announced on Tuesday. […]

Politics

Social democrats lead in Lithuania’s local elections

Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party won the highest number of votes in the elections to local governments overall on Sunday, but are behind right-wing parties in the country’s largest cities, according to preliminary election results published early on Monday. […]