Replacing the government months before general elections would be “irresponsible”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday, after the Social Democratic Party had accused her of attempts to overthrow PM Algirdas Butkevičius‘ cabinet. […]
Lithuania’s major political parties will work out an agreement to present a unified front opposing the threat posed by the construction of a new Belarus nuclear plant and to send a clear message that electricity from the plant will face restrictions. […]
Minister of Environment Kęstutis Trečiokas, a member of the Order and Justice party, denied lying in the case surrounding the Government’s approval of a raising of restrictions on construction in the resort town of Druskininkai. He said he would not resign from the post. […]
Lithuania is currently undergoing a “medium-sized” political crisis, according to Lithuanian political scientists and analysts, but one that should not threaten the current Government’s and ruling coalition’s composition. […]
Order and Justice party is committing itself to expanding its membership to 20,000 from the current 13,000, said the party‘s leader Rolandas Paksas. […]
During a congress later in March, Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, part of the current ruling coalition, will sign an agreement to unite with various political parties, public committees, non-governmental and public organizations. […]
Members of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition party in Lithuania and whose Rolandas Paksas leader has been accused of corruption, held a protest outside the house of Lithuanian state prosecutor, Irmantas Mikelionis, in Vilnius District yesterday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that released transcripts of conversations between Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas and Druskininkai mayor cast doubts on his suitability for the post. Trečiokas has responded that he will not step down, while the opposition wants an interpellation for the minister. […]
23 registered Lithuanian political parties have submitted their member lists to the Ministry of Justice by 1 March and will be able to participate in the Seimas elections coming up in October. […]
Most observers reckon that, after the Seimas elections, the nucleus of the ruling coalition will be made up of Social Democrats and Liberals, with Ramūnas Karbauskas’s Peasant and Green party and other independent parties contributing to the coalition as well. […]
Opposition parties at the Lithuanian parliament have called for resignation of Interior Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas due to suspected corruption. […]
MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, is suspected of accepting a bribe of €15,000, Lithuanian prosecutors say. Since he is sheltered from prosecution as an elected official, prosecutors are planning to ask the European Parliament to strip the Lithuanian politician of legal immunity. […]
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) broke the news on Monday that it was investigating suspected influence peddling that involves the leader of a ruling party, the head of a major media group and a grocery supermarket chain. Here are the key facts: […]
The latest round of investigations of politicians by the Special Investigation Service (STT) is yet another signal that political parties in Lithuania are still not transparent, according to Vitalijus Gailius, the head of the Parliamentary Anticorruption Commission speaking on Žinių Radijas. […]
The supermarket chain Norfa has been named in an influence peddling investigation that involves the leader of one of Lithuania’s ruling parties and the head of the Lietuvos Rytas media group. Norfa owner Dainius Dundulis denies allegations against him and his business. […]
MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, was questioned in an influence peddling investigation on Monday. The Special Investigations Service (STT) said the politician was allegedly offered a bribe by Gedgaudas Vainauskas, shareholder of the Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
MEP Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party, was interrogated as a special witness in a trade in influence investigation by the Special Investigation Service. […]
Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who has seen his approval ratings soar in recent months, has reportedly decided to throw his lot with the Social Democratic Party for the coming general elections this October. […]
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