Politics
New Vilnius mayor and city council sworn in
New Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius and members of the new municipal council were sworn in on Wednesday. […]
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Economy
Vilnius mayor-elect says to review street lighting upgrading project
Vilnius Mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius says that Italian investors who last year signed a deal with the local government on the upgrading and maintenance of the capital’s street lighting network so far have not provided arguments to convince the authorities that their project is the best for the city. […]
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Mayor Zuokas says he will run for president in 2019
Outgoing Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (LLS), says that his defeat in Vilnius mayoral election will only push him to venture into national politics. Zuokas says that we will run for presidency in 2019. […]
Society
Future Vilnius mayor has “no problems” with LGBT pride events on central streets
Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius says he sees no problems with allowing LGBt pride events to be held in the centre of the Lithuanian capital, something that has provoked legal clashes in earlier years. […]
Society
Green Bridge sculptures should be removed, says Vilnius mayor-elect
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement’s candidate elected for Vilnius mayor on Sunday, says that the Soviet-era sculptures should be removed from the Green Bridge of the Lithuanian capital due to their emergency condition. […]
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Lithuanian president suggests election panel reshuffle
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called on the country parliament to consider replacing leadership of the Central Electoral Commission before the general elections next year. The commission, she says, fails to respond to violations properly. […]
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Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius
After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]
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Liberal MP to face the incumbent in Vilnius mayor run-offs
Liberal MP Remigijus Šimašius and incumbent Mayor Artūras Zuokas will face one another in the run-off election for Vilnius mayor, the Central Electoral Commission said on Monday. […]
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Anti-gay MP Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor
The Order and Justice party has nominated Member of Parliament Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor‘s office. […]
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Labour Party nominates Jonas Pinskus to run for Vilnius mayor
The Vilnius unit of the Labour Party has approved a list of candidates to run for the Vilnius City Council. Jonas Pinskus was nominated as the party’s candidate for the mayor of Vilnius. […]
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Mykolas Majauskas gets conservative nomination to run for Vilnius mayor
Mykolas Majauskas will be running for mayor of Vilnius after receiving the nomination from the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats. […]
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Lithuania’s Polish party leader to run for Vilnius mayor
The Council of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania is nominating its leader Valdemar Tomaševski to run for the post of Vilnius mayor, the politician himself confirmed to BNS on Wednesday. […]
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Conservatives’ presidium proposes 6 candidates for Vilnius mayor
Presidium of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) has submitted six candidates for Vilnius mayor to the Vilnius gathering. […]