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With regard to public opinion polls and recommendations by doctors, as well as referring to the needs of the agricultural sector, the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) have agreed with the abolition of seasonal clock change.
With the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) congress nearing, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken to party members, proposing to halve the number of LVŽS deputies. The party chairman would like to not longer have Seimas first Vice Speaker Rima Baškienė and Seimas Vice Speaker Arvyda...
At the initiative of MEP Antanas Guoga, 27 MEPs have called on the CEO of Amazon Inc. Jeff Bezos in an open letter, urging to cease sale of goods featuring Soviet symbols on the Amazon online shopping platform. The appeal was signed by MEPs from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, ...
Representatives of the European Parliament and European Commission are coming to Vilnius this week to see the progress of decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and discuss its funding beyond 2021.
Arūnas Gražulis on Monday took office as Lithuania's deputy interior minister.
Top executives of Lithuania's decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) expect to persuade members of the European Parliament (EP) on substantial progress made in the utility's shutdown projects to ensure further funding from the European Union (EU).
Belarusian officials have decided to refuse entry to a handful of members of the European Parliament (EP) who wanted to look at the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius said.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, says that the party has decided on Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of its election campaign, as the party's candidate to become the country's next prime minister, the LRT TV news service reported.
With the Seimas election having concluded, it is time to sum up the results. The overall victory goes to the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) which has earned 54 Seimas seats. Add another two independents, who now associate with the party roll – 56. This is the largest single-party victory...
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, sees Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the party's election list, or Bronis Ropė, a member of the European Parliament, as the party's candidate to become the next prime minister.
The Peasant and Greens Union have already decided on their two candidates for the prime minister's position: former Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and MEP Bronis Ropė.
European Parliament member and former president of Lithuania's A and B basketball leagues Bronis Ropė has appealed to the European Commission regarding potentially unfair commercial practices by the international basketball federation (FIBA).
Although the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) is less debated in Lithuania than in many larger member states of the European Union, recent charges by a large investor, Veolia, against Lithuania illustrate the fears that many, especially European green movements, have had about the agreement all al...
Lithuanian Social Democrat MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has been named the politician who best represents voters' interests in the European Parliament, according to a recent survey.
Brussels is currently welcoming newly elected MEPs. The majority of Lithuanian MEPs interviewed by LRT.lt vowed to stay in Lithuania during the term, except for Antanas Guoga, who would like to transfer to Brussels, LRT.lt reports.
