Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis has announced his decision to represent the opposition Liberal Movement during the upcoming general election.
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The opposition Liberal Movement proposes to amend the Constitution to lower the minimum age for standing as a candidate in Lithuania's parliamentary election to 21 years.
The Order and Justice Party is delegating its chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis to run for Vilnius mayor. The politician himself confirmed this to Delfi on Thursday morning.
Tramway, free parking lots, free public transport, smart traffic system – these and other measures, which could be used to improve traffic congestion in Vilnius are being listed by candidates to become the capital’s mayor, lrt.lt writes.
MP Aušrinė Armonaitė is stepping down as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement's vice-chairwoman and will not run as the party's candidate in next year's European Parliament election.
Lithuania's Port of Klaipėda has filed a lawsuit against its former CEO and incumbent chairman of the Liberal Movement Eugenijus Gentvilas. This is how much damage the port suffered after its failure to pay to the builders of its embankments in time.
Vilnius Regional Court judges has decided not to recuse from hearing the MG Baltic political corruption case. A call for prosecutor Justas Laucius to recuse has also been rejected.
The board of Lithuania's Liberal Movement has decided to turn to court over information published by the State Security Department, allegedly damaging the party's reputation.
Several last weeks with the e-mails from Eligijus Masiulis, former Liberal Movement Party leader and who is currently under criminal investigation, a scandal of e-mails from Ms. President with a „tulip“ pseudonym, hidden political influences from the MG Baltic corporation and leaked files from the S...
Vitalijus Gailius, a member of the opposition Liberal Movement, says he disagrees with the State Security Department's claims that he's a favorable person for the MG Baltic business group.
Lithuania's MG Baltic business group has called the State Security Department's claims about businessmen's attempts to influence the Competition Council and the Liberal Movement a "misunderstanding" and "absurd".
Lithuania's MG Baltic business group sought the election of Vitalijus Gailius as leader of the Liberal Movement, following the arrest of the party's previous chairman Eligijus Masiulis, the State Security Department says.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says her email exchange with former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus Masiulis were misinterpreted as protection.
Journalist Tomas Dapkus, as a middleman for the top executives of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's biggest business groups, was allegedly involved in activities bearing the signs of blackmail, the State Security Department (VSD) said in a document.
The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (CLA) says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė's comments on her email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis leave many unanswered questions about the contents of these letters.
Another judge of the Vilnius Regional Court has disqualified himself from hearing a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties.
Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas would have done less harm to his own reputation and to the ruling party's reputation had he stepped down earlier, opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday.
