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A number of opposition Seimas groups with presidential candidate Ingrida Šimonytė at their head at demanding Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius to come provide an explanation on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ “cunning plan” linked to Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.
On Thursday, the Seimas returns to deliberating on the conclusions of the commission on the LRT’s activities. Legislative amendments were to be presented based on the conclusions, however the amendments were prepared without awaiting the conclusions being approved by parliament or a response from th...
Members of the Lithuanian parliament's opposition parties met on Wednesday to discuss an interpellation procedure against Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.
The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday endorsed a state university network optimization plan that calls for leaving less than half of the country's current 14 universities. The Seimas passed the resolution in a vote of 77 to 6 with 31 abstentions.
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party's leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections.
Jurgis Razma, a long-time member and significant conservative figure in the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democratic party, has stepped down as a member of the party's leadership in response to internal party conflicts. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
With less than a year left until the Seimas (parliament) elections, the Labour Party is not planning to ask Loreta Graužinienė to leave the Seimas speaker‘s position. However, not only the opposition, but some MPs from the ruling coalition are dissatisfied with the politician.
Jurgis Razma, a member of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has proposed abolishing secret voting in the Seimas of Lithuania, except for secret votes of non-confidence provided for by the Constitution.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union - Lithuanian C...
After the meeting of the Coalition political council, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) Valdemar Tomaševski announced that the party is withdrawing from the government. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that three parties remain in the Coalition, whereas, based o...
MP Jurgis Razma proposes to establish in the Statute of the Seimas a possibility for MPs to make statements not in the end of the evening plenary session, "when nobody hears them, but in the end of the morning plenary session."
