Politics
Police commissioner general proposed as Lithuania’s next interior minister
Leader of the Order and Justice party Rolandas Paksas has proposed Police Commissioner General Saulius Skvernelis as minister of the interior. […]
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Former Lithuanian interior minister questioned as special witness in corruption case
Former Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas was on Friday questioned as a special witness in an ongoing investigation into alleged public procurement-related corruption involving ministry staff. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Order and Justice party looking for new interior minister
Finding a new interior minister will take a few days, Rolandas Paksas, leader of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, says, adding that a candidate could be nominated as early as next week. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s interior minister steps down
Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas submitted his letter of resignation on Thursday. The minister says he’s stepping down due to deteriorating health. […]
Politics
Lithuanian social democrats consider leading minority government
The Order and Justice party might leave the ruling coalition amid an ongoing corruption scandal at the Ministry of the Interior, and one could not discount the possibility that Lithuania might have a minority government, says Gediminas Kirkilas, vice-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the largest party in the ruling block. […]
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Lithuanian interior minister will have to resign if his associates are found guilty of corruption
If law enforcement agencies find that members of the Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas‘ team breached laws, the minister will have to assume moral responsibility and resign, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]
Politics
Deputy interior minister steps down after merely days in office
On Friday, the new Deputy Minister of Interior Paulius Beinaris (30), delegated by the Order and Justice party, submitted his letter of resignation which the minister accepted shortly. Beinaris says that he was forced to step down because of “hostile atmosphere”. […]
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Lithuanian PM says Order and Justice party will not quit coalition
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has denied speculations that if Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas resigns, his party, the Order and Justice, will leave the ruling coalition. […]
Politics
Order and Justice party going to court over searches in its offices
Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party intends to take to court the Special Investigation Service (STT) over the searches carried out at its Vilnius bureau. […]
Politics
Prosecutors not to demand arrests in Lithuania’s Interior Ministry corruption case
The prosecutor in the so-called Ministry of the Interior case in Lithuania has decided not to demand the arrest of the suspects who subsequently received softer measures of suppression. […]
Politics
President would not comment on whether Lithuanian interior minister should resign
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on the suitability of Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas to continue as interior minister. Meanwhile Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has asked the minister to stay on until investigation into corruption at the ministry is concluded. […]
Politics
Conservatives threaten to remove Lithuania’s minister of interior
The parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union will initiate interpellation against Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, unless he resigns himself. This was confirmed by opposition leader Andrius Kubilius. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s interior minister says he will not resign
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas of the Order and Justice party says he has no intentions of resigning amid the corruption suspicions against former members of his political team. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament speaker says interior minister should resign
Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she would resign, if she were in the place of Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, whose former associates were detained amidst corruption investigation on Tuesday. […]
European Union
Euro-sceptical EP group survives, two Lithuania MEPs to stay
The leaders of the Lithuanian Order and Justice party, Rolandas Paksas and Valentinas Mazuronis, will continue working in the Euro-sceptical group at the European Parliament (EP), as the group of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy survives. […]
Politics
Lithuanian governing party’s headquarters searched amidst corruption investigation
Agents from Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday searched the headquarters of the country’s ruling Order and Justice party and arrested five individuals, including former adviser and deputy to the minister of the interior. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Social Democrats lose popularity but retain lead in opinion polls
If general elections were held now, 18.8 percent of people would vote for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
European Union
Two Lithuanian MEPs left free agents after collapse of eurosceptic EP group
Lithuanian MEPs Rolandas Paksas and Valentinas Mazuronis, the leaders of the Order and Justice party who are members of the collapsing Eurosceptic group of the European Parliament, say they will not rush with decisions to join new groups and are waiting for the political group to be rescued. […]
Economy
Parliament speaker says minimum pay could grow EUR 29 next July
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. […]
Economy
Lithuanian MP proposes to tie minimum wages to average salary
Member of Parliament, chairman of the Order and Justice Party parliamentary group Petras Gražulis has proposed a law that the minimum monthly salary could not be lower than half of the average salary in Lithuania. […]