Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) completed ranking its candidates for upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) has put forward amendments to the Law on Control of Weapons and Ammunition that would enable reservists who have completed basic military training to purchase and possess automatic weapons.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has appointed Mantas Adomenas, a former MP, Arnoldas Pranckevicius, the head of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania, and Egidijus Meilunas, a long-time diplomat, as vice-ministers.

The Lithuanian parliament could declare a state of emergency if people failed to follow the lockdown restrictions imposed by the government to get the spread of COVID-19 under control, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said.

The Lithuanian parliament approved on Friday the program of the new center-right government of Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.

The priorities of Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Arvydas Anusauskas, candidate for the country's national defense minister, match, Antanas Bubnelis, spokesman for the president, says.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has on Wednesday signed a decree appointing MP Ingrida Simonyte the country's prime minister.

Fourteen members of the Seimas have been ordered to quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19, the National Public Health Center (NPHC) said on Tuesday.

Arvydas Anusauskas, a member of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and contender for national defense minister, says he will improve his knowledge of the English language, if appointed the country's national defense minister.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda identified getting the coronavirus pandemic under control as the immediate challenge facing the new government as he nominated Ingrida Simonyte for the post of prime minister.

Candidate for Lithuania's prime minister Ingrida Simonyte has on Wednesday announced she's nominating Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, for the position of foreign minister.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) propose Julius Sabatauskas for vice-speaker of the Seimas after Gintautas Paluckas, the opposition party's chairman, chose not to stand as a candidate for the position.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, plans to lead the party's political group in the new parliament, meaning that he won’t probably assume any ministerial position in the new Cabinet.

Lithuania's center-right parties, which signed a coalition agreement earlier this week, have agreed to nominate Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement, for the position of speaker of the country's parliament, the Seimas.

A coalition agreement signed by three Lithuanian center-right parties on Monday is too vague to allow one to imagine what the country will be like in the next four years, the leader of the Farmers and Greens Union, the biggest party in the outgoing parliament, said.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.

The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party expect to sign a center-right coalition deal next Monday.

The procedure for appointing outgoing Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas as Lithuania's consul general in Los Angeles is stalling at the Foreign Ministry, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.

The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party expect to agree early next week on a document outlining their center-right coalition's top priorities.

The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Freedom Party on Thursday plan to start drafting a program for their planned center-right government coalition.