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  • Politics

Labor Party elects Uspaskich as leader

Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party's new chairman at a congress in…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian Labour Party to elect new leader next January

The Lithuanian Labor Party's council has decided to convene a congress next January to elect a new chairman. [...]

7 years ago
  • Politics

Labor Party may change name to dissociate itself from law-enforcement probes

The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Uspaskich’s return to head Labor Party would have no future – Lithuanian PM

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Pinskuvienė steps down from leadership of Lithuania’s Labor Party

Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania's parliament, announced resignation from the post…

7 years ago
  • Culture

Kevišas to step down as Vilnius opera house director in July

Gintautas Kevišas is to step down as director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT) in July after…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s culture minister ‘had clash of interest’

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis of the Labour Party had a clash of interests by failing to declare links with…

8 years ago
  • Society

Minister calls for emergency protocol over Vilnius landmark

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has urged the Municipality of Vilnius to call an emergency situation over the crumbling hill…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s culture minister owns undeclared assets in Bulgaria

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, delegated to the cabinet by the Labour Party, owns property in Bulgaria that he has…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania’s Labour Party announces election candidate list

Lithuania’s Labour Party approved 69 candidates on Sunday at the party’s meeting for single member constituencies for the upcoming parliament…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Cast and crew watch BBC’s War and Peace screening in Vilnius

The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Which Lithuanian ministers get the highest salaries?

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian minister on Russian army choir concert: No place for Moscow’s divisive policies

Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has commented on the decision of Visaginas Culture Centre to cancel a performance by…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s governing coalition will survive despite Culture Ministry controversy, parliament speaker believes

The Lithuanian ruling coalition will survive until the parliamentary elections, despite recent disagreements over deputy culture minister, says Parliamentary Speaker…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s deputy culture minister steps down

On Tuesday, the recently and controversially appointed Deputy Minister of Culture Vytautas Vigelis announced about his resignation. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s Labour Party threatens to leave coalition over deputy minister row

Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuania and France sign deal on film production

The government of Lithuania and France have sign an agreement on joint film production, aimed at creating more favourable conditions…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuanian culture minister: We must defend our identity, not only territory

Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has stressed that when it comes to the country's security, attention should be paid not…

10 years ago
  • Culture

MP proposes to rethink how heritage councils are formed

Member of Parliament Kęstutis Masiulis has approached Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis requesting to change the principles of how the…

10 years ago
  • Culture

New law may ease removal of Soviet sculptures from Vilnius Green Bridge

Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From…

10 years ago