Order and Justice

  • Politics

Paksas proposes three more candidates for interior minister

The leader of Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party, MEP Rolandas Paksas, said on Monday he had proposed three new…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Social Democrats oppose Order and Justice nomination for interior minister

The Social Democratic party has chosen not to support the Order and Justice party's nomination of Povilas Gylys as a…

9 years ago
  • Politics

MP Povilas Gylys proposed for minister of the interior

The Lithuanian prime minister is meeting with MP Povilas Gylys who has been proposed for the post of minister of…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Paksas to present candidates for interior minister post

Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, is presenting candidates to the post of minister of the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian prosecutors ask European Parliament to strip Paksas of immunity

Lithuanian prosecutors have asked the European Parliament to lift the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP and leader of the Order…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Order and Justice to propose parliamentarian or lawyer to Interior Minister post

The Order and Justice party has at least two candidates in mind for the Interior Minister‘s post after Saulius Skvernelis…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Interior minister agrees to resign

Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday he was ready to resign, adding that he felt he was…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Conservatives ‘in identity crisis’ as Labour party promotes new leader

Both the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Labour Party are trying to promote new faces in the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Interior minister will be removed, Paksas says

As Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has refused to step down, the prime minister will ask the president to…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Skvernelis can continue as interior minister, PM says

Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius sees no obstacles for Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis to continue working in his…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Paksas calls on Interior Minister to step down after joining Greens

Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party has called on Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who they nominated to…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Skvernelis coup marks out Greens as rising star

With a slow but steady rise in their poll ratings, the Peasant and Greens Union have been seen by analysts…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian government faces prospect of confidence vote in parliament

The cabinet of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is approaching the line where half of its original members will have been…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Interior minister says he will only resign if prime minister asks

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the decision on Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and whether or not he will remain…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Interior Minister Skvernelis throws lot in with Peasant and Green Union

Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis has decided to run for parliament in the upcoming elections with the Peasant and Green…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Scandals damage Social Democrats ratings but not Order and Justice

While recent corruption scandals are damaging the ruling Social Demcrats’s opinion poll ratings, their coalition partners the Order and Justice…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Most Lithuanian MEPs will not run in national elections

Most Lithuanian members of the European Parliament are not planning to run for seats in the national parliament, Seimas, this…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanian parties fail to deliver on election pledges

While Lithuanian political parties tend to base their political campaigns on short term populist objectives, they mostly come up short…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Decision on future of Environment Minister Trečiokas expected

Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas, who has been at the centre of a controversy over construction in Druskininkai and the resulting…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM sees ‘ethical and moral’ breaches in environment minister’s actions

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a preliminary report from lawyers he received on Wednesday concludes that Environment Minister Kęstutis…

9 years ago