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New policy in the presidential elections

Bernadras Gailius / lzinios.lt The presidential elections are highlighting a new quality political reality of Lithuania, where people are divided…

6 years ago
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Municipal council compositions: dominance in some cities

On Monday, the composition of municipal councils is beginning to emerge. [...]

6 years ago
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Plans leak on how the Conservatives could defeat the “Farmers”: what is to be done in public and what in secret

The Conservatives have been offered to use Antanas Guoga as a black horse in the elections, establish links to Naglis…

6 years ago
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Vijūnėlė owner turns to ECHR over demolition order – mayor

The owner of the so-called "Vijūnėlė estate", a large house in the spa resort of Druskininkai, southern Lithuania, has turned…

7 years ago
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Indrė Makaraitytė. But Skvernelis has a plan B

Let us grant the prime minister's Russia policy some content.Some may ask, what content? The public wants to hear that…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian ministry doubts if direct rule in Druskininkai would be proportionate

The Lithuanian Interior Ministry says that there is a legal basis for introducing direct rule by the central government in…

7 years ago
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Ex-basketball coach picked to head For Lithuania movement

Representatives of movements based in Druskininkai, Alytus and Lazdijai founded an association For Lithuania on Friday, electing former basketball coach…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian SocDem Labour Party to hold constituent assembly in late March

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24. [...]

7 years ago
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Social Democrat “rebels” creating an intrigue: No one is controlling us from Moscow

MPs who have withdrawn from the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), who have spoken of the creation of a new…

7 years ago
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ELECTIONS. First round of the Seimas elections. Analysis.

A representative of the statutory class at the top of the political pyramid is an exceptionally bad thing, thus seeing…

8 years ago
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PM sees January developments over Druskininkai as ‘putsch’

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a "putsch" was plotted against him while he was away on holiday in…

8 years ago
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Dark skies for parties ahead of Lithuanian parliamentary elections – except for Peasant and Greens Union

A bit more than four months are left until the Lithuanian parliamentary elections. Recent scandals have rocked the Liberal Movement…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian cabinet to look into controversial decree on construction in resorts

The Lithuanian cabinet of ministers is to decide whether to call off a controversial decree on zoning requirements in resort…

9 years ago
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New political group forms with politicians that split from Social Democrats in Druskininkai

Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas and former members of the Druskininkai branch of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party are forming a…

9 years ago
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Social democrats and PM ‘not in control as they should be’

The ruling Social Democratic Party, which had until recently enjoyed unwavering popularity with voters, has found itself on a shaky…

9 years ago
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Almost entire Social Democratic party branch in Druskininkai leaves party

After a more than four-hour-long meeting with the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party's branch in Druskininkai, Julius Sabatauskas, the chairman of…

9 years ago
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Environment minister survives vote at Lithuanian parliament

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas remains in his post after the parliament voted on Tuesday his answers to corruption suspicions…

9 years ago
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Lithuanian president turns to Constitutional Court over government decree

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked the Constitutional Court to look into a government decree that she believes could have been…

9 years ago
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Ethics commission to look into environment minister’s case

The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) is looking into investigation evidence, handed to it by prosecutors, to see whether Environment…

9 years ago
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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