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Kęstutis Girnius. Referendum – inexcusable populism

The president’s advisor Mindaugas Lingė was mistaken calling the ruling “Farmer” initiative to gather signatures on a referendum on reducing…

6 years ago
  • Politics

President didn’t discuss candidate for chief prosecutor with MG Baltic – aide

Claims that Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė in 2015 discussed candidates for the job of prosecutor general with MG Baltic, one…

7 years ago
  • Politics

President calls for open vote on public broadcaster’s director

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is calling on the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) Council to elect the public broadcaster's next director…

7 years ago
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President urges MPs to work together, sees no chance for early election

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė calls on members of the Seimas to come together for joint work as she does not…

7 years ago
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President calls for open selection of public service staff

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė will propose legal amendments, calling for open selection of specialists hired to the public sector under…

7 years ago
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Karbauskis explains why a parliamentary investigation of the LRT is needed

Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) chairperson Ramūnas Karbauskis released depersonalised documents from the LRT council on the national broadcaster's…

7 years ago
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Russia can cut our electricity faster than we synchronise with Europe

The electricity network adjustment works which would technically allow the Baltic States to detach from the BRELL system will be…

7 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania’s 2018 budget more socially sensitive, responsible – presidential aide

Lithuania's budget for the next year is more socially sensitive and responsible, says Mindaugas Lingė, senior interior policy adviser to…

7 years ago
  • Economy
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Preisdential aide sees National Agreement as Government’s unilateral pledges to business

With the National Agreement signed among the Lithuanian government, trade unions and employers on Monday features, the Cabinet made unilateral…

7 years ago
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President’s office calls for refraining from comments on Veolia-Lithuania dispute

The Lithuanian president's office does not comment and calls on others to refrain from comments on the ongoing dispute between…

7 years ago
  • Politics

President signs new lobbyism bill into law

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the parliament-approved bill on lobbyist operations into law. [...]

7 years ago
  • Economy

President’s office doesn’t intent to block govt’s proposed tax changes

The Lithuanian president's office sees no major drawbacks in the government's proposed tax changes aimed at increasing the poorest people's…

7 years ago
  • Politics

PM, president differ on initiative to broaden dual citizenship by law

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees a proposed bill to broaden dual citizenship as the best way of solving problems faced…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania must streamline its higher education network

Lithuania's new government must streamline the network of universities and other higher education institutions amid a rapid decrease in student…

8 years ago
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Seimas Speaker meets President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday to discuss further cooperation. Assistant to the head of…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Past 4 years haven’t been used for Lithuanian state’s progress

The Lithuanian government has failed to use the past four years for the state's progress, an advisor to President Dalia…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Healthcare minister failed to live up to expectations, president’s office says

Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has been urged to step down for a "variety of reasons" that are not only to…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian president to deliver State of the Nation Address on Thursday

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will deliver her State of the Nation Address in the Seimas on Thursday, evaluating the country's…

9 years ago
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President’s adviser praises Lithuanian conservative party’s chairman election

An adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday commended the results of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian…

10 years ago
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President’s office: Local elections showed that democracy in Lithuania is on the right track

Mindaugas Lingė, the presidential advisor on internal affairs, says that the new system of electing Lithuanian mayors directly did not…

10 years ago