There are no grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against Artūras Skardžius, deputy head of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor political group in the Seimas, an ad-hoc commission decided on Wednesday.
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Linas Balsys is leaving the group of non-attached members of the Lithuanian parliament to join the political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) in the Seimas.
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the newly-established Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDLP) plan to sign a coalition agreement on Tuesday.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly.
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, is skeptical about the proposal to remove conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas from the committee after he was questioned in a political corruption investigation.
More than half of members of the Seimas have registered constitutional amendments that would allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the search for the country's next justice minister has been unsuccessful so far.
Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members.
The Social Democratic Labor group in the Lithuanian parliament will propose three candidates to become the country's next justice minister after Milda Vainiūtė resigned on Tuesday.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will consult the Social Democratic Labour group in the Seimas in the search for a new justice minister.
The Social Democratic Labour group in the Lithuanian parliament will propose a candidate to become the country's next justice minister after Milda Vainiutė stepped down on Tuesday.
Lithuania's opposition has collected signatures for impeachment of MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labor group who may have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector.
In spite of protests from the opposition, Lithuania's ruling parties refused to grant a further increase in salaries to doctors training to become specialists.
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga survived on Thursday an interpellation procedure launched against him in the parliament by the opposition.
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday endorsed the conclusions of the Anti-Corruption Commission, which suggest that MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labour group could have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector.
MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Social Democratic Labour group, is leaving the parliament's Energy Commission after an anti-corruption watchdog found that he could have confused his private and public interests by working for the renewable resource sector.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour group, which has split from the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and is headed by MPs Gediminas Kirkilas and Juozas Bernatonis, have sent a letter to European politicians and diplomats, which criticizes the Gintautas Paluckas-led LSDP as "radical left" that ...
The majority of Lithuania's residents are unhappy with the parliament's performance over the first year after the 2016 parliamentary elections, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency.
