Julius Pagojus, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s candidate for the post of justice minister in the incoming coalition government, was to meet with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday morning. […]
Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union’s candidate to become the country’s next energy minister, says that the proposed closure of the Energy Ministry and transfer of its functions to the Economy Ministry is an issue of secondary importance. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis on Monday criticized Julius Sabatauskas, the Social Democrats’ new candidate for the post of justice minister in the new coalition government. […]
Only recently now former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius admitted to having tried to hide from coalition partners that Saulius Skvernelis, then a cabinet minister of his, decided to follow the Peasant Greens into the elections, […]
The nomination of Social Democratic MP Julius Sabatauskas for justice minister cannot be proposed to the president, says Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Peasant and Green Union. […]
Social Democrat Darius Petrošius has withdrawn his candidacy for Lithuania’s new justice minister. […]
Support for the Peasant and Greens Union skyrocketed following the elections. How long this euphoria will last depends on the decisions made by the party which won the elections states Baltijos Tyrimai sociologist Romas Mačiūnas. […]
Most of the ministerial candidates named on 24 November by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis lack political experience and are not closely linked to the Peasants and Greens, the party that has proposed them for the Cabinet posts, which may seriously hamper the new government’s work, leaders of parliamentary opposition parties said. […]
Economist Vilius Šapoka, candidate for Lithuania’s new finance minister, has so far refused to elaborate on the possible pension and tax reform, saying that all changes would need to be analyzed. […]
The preliminary line-up of candidates for minister posts only partially reflected predictions. Some “Peasant” candidates who have been discussed for months were left in the shadow with Saulius Skvernelis unveiling of the final list of names which was presented for presidential review. […]
The former “Peasant” shadow cabinet can turn into smoke. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis cheerfully noted to LRT.lt that “shadows dissipate eventually”. So who is going to lay claim to minister posts? […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday announced his candidates for ministerial posts to the parliament. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis expects to present his candidates for ministerial posts to the president and the general public by the end of this week. […]
Having entered Seimas under the banner of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU), human rights activist Dovilė Šakalienė mentioned she has received offers to join a different party. A number of fractions would like to have her in their fold. […]
Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says that criticism toward him is usually based on ignorance. During a Tuesday Delfi conferences V. Pranckietis stated that he has known the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis since the latter’s university studies and assured that Karbauskis will not frequent his office with instructions. […]
The largest opposition fractions – the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement did not support the “Peasant” candidate for the seat of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved Saulius Skvernelis, the candidate proposed by the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), as the country’s next prime minister. […]
Lithuania’s new government must streamline the network of universities and other higher education institutions amid a rapid decrease in student numbers, an advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) representative Stasys Jakeliūnas is no longer being proposed to become Minister of Finance, he will be offered the chairman seat in the Seimas Budget and Finance Committee. This was […]
Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday to discuss further cooperation. Assistant to the head of state Mindaugas Lingė states that the currently most pressing task is to balance next year’s budget. […]
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