The State Defence Council has decided to enhance Lithuania’s defensive capabilities and to temporarily reinstate conscript military service. Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says that parliament will soon start work on the issue. […]
The European Parliament‘s Committee on Legal Affairs on Tuesday discussed the request from Lithuanian prosecutors to lift the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labour Party, to put him on trial for fraud and insulting court. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party continues topping popularity polls, shows a survey published by DELFI. […]
The Liberal Movement of Lithuania can boast its most impressive and sustainable rating leap, say political experts referring to sociological research. […]
2015 should be a quieter year in Lithuania’s political life, although the Government can never expect an uncomplicated year, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He believes that the Coalition will face a number of challenges and first of all because of the geopolitical situation. […]
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December. […]
On 20 December, the Council of the Labour Party confirmed the final list of their candidates in the direct mayoral elections. According to Vytautas Gapšys, head of the party’s electoral staff, the Labour Party will be vying for 56 mayoral posts and expects to win more than 10 of them. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has criticised the intentions of the Seimas Committee on Human Rights to consider an address by a group of parliament members over former MP Viktor Uspaskich of the Labour Party. […]
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Monday stopped the hearing of the Labour Party‘s state grant case and decided to turn to the Constitutional Court. […]
The Vilnius unit of the Labour Party has approved a list of candidates to run for the Vilnius City Council. Jonas Pinskus was nominated as the party’s candidate for the mayor of Vilnius. […]
The parliamentary groups of the Order and Justice party, the Social Democrats and the Labour Party have agreed that the minimum monthly salary should be raised to EUR 325 (LTL 1,122) in 2015. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the Government is looking for LTL 102 million (EUR 29.5 million) in next year’s budget in order to raise salaries for government employees working under employment contracts. […]
The Labour Party presented its candidates for 2015 municipal and mayoral elections at the 20th congress on Saturday. […]
If general elections were held now, 18.8 percent of people would vote for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė reckons that next July the minimum monthly salary could rise by LTL 100 (EUR 29). The head of Parliament is also open to discussions over the increase of non-taxable minimum income. […]
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, former leader of the Labour Party and member of ALDE/ADLE Group in the European Parliament, might be in trouble for questionable assistant hiring practices. Fellow Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, of the PPE Group, on Monday asked the European Parliament to look into the matter, BNS reports. […]
DELFI columnist Ramūnas Bogdanas talks to Rokas Masiulis who was appointed as Lithuania’s new energy minister this week. […]
Chief Advisor to the President on national security, Valdemaras Sarapinas, said President Dalia Grybauskaitė took into consideration two attributes, professionalism and transparency, when appointing Rokas Masiulis as Minister of Energy. […]
While President Dalia Grybauskaitė had informed about her requirements for the candidate to fill the energy minister’s position, it was the Labour Party that made the final decision, according to Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]
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