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  • Politics

EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: Paksas should not be held hostage to the situation

Lithuania should adopt constitutional amendments to allow Rolandas Paksas, the impeached former president, to run for elected office, says Vytenis…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Parliament endorses resolution blaming Constitutional Court for violating rights of impeached president Paksas

The Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament, has approved the findings of the ad hoc commission tasked with probing the implementation of…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania may face fines after blocking Paksas from running for office, says PM

Lithuania may face fines following the decision by parliamentarians not to allow former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas to run again…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Failed Paksas vote was calculated move by Labour Party, observer says

A failed vote in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday will prevent the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Current leaders among most trustes public figures in Lithuania

For several months in a row, Lithuanians trust most the current leaders of the country, the latest poll shows. Political…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian MEPs have split opinion over EU refugee plan

At the European Parliament (EP) vote in Brussels on Thursday on distribution of 120,000 refugees among European Union (EU) member-states,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament backs ‘Paksas amendment’

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday gave its initial backing to a constitutional amendment that will allow Rolandas Paksas, leader…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s incumbent MP most popular candidate to continue in the post

With a full year still remaining until the next Lithuanian parliamentary elections, incumbent Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius retains high approving…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian opposition parties to snub national agreement on emigration

A national agreement on emigration, initiated by Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party, has failed to secure the support of…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Two bills regarding impeached president fail to reach Lithuanian parliament’s agenda

Two bills opening the way for impeached and removed Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament were to be…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Good news for Paksas from the Seimas

Lithuania's Seimas on Thursday gave its initial backing to a constitutional amendment that would allow leader of the Order and…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Ruling bloc to submit amendment to pave way for Paksas to elections

Lithuania's ruling parties intend to shortly again submit a Constitutional amendment to the parliament to pave way for removed president…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament moves to amend Constitution to allow Paksas to run for office

A hundred Lithuanian MPs have drafted Constitutional amendments that should pave the way for Rolandas Paksas, a member of the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania urged to implement ECHR rulings on sex change and ousted president

Lithuania's representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Karolina Bubnytė has urged state institutions to focus its efforts…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis leaves his party

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis said on Tuesday that he was no longer a member of the Order and Justice party,…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Blinkevičiūtė most popular MEP with Lithuanian voters

Lithuanian Social Democrat MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has been named the politician who best represents voters' interests in the European Parliament,…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice founder’s son quits party due to “principle” disagreements

MP Andrius Mazuronis, son of MEP Valentinas Mazuronis, has announced about his decision to leave the parliamentary group of the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

EFDD itself will decide how to discipline its staff member behind Red Dalia, EP says

European Parliament President Martin Schulz will wait for the eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group to make…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Nigel Farage, one of Putin’s pawns

It is often said that politicians make for strange bedfellows. Moreover, people are judged by the friends or partners they…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice party re-elects MEP Rolandas Paksas as leader

Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party on Saturday re-elected MEP Rolandas Paksas as its leader for a two-year term. [...]

10 years ago