On Sunday night, the mayors of all sixty municipalities were revealed: a third of them were elected during the first round, with the rest in the second round. Of the sixty mayors, more than half were re-elected for another term.
Ričardas Malinauskas EN
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On Monday, the composition of municipal councils is beginning to emerge.
The owner of the so-called "Vijūnėlė estate", a large house in the spa resort of Druskininkai, southern Lithuania, has turned to the European Court of Human Rights, Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas says.
The Lithuanian Interior Ministry says that there is a legal basis for introducing direct rule by the central government in the southern spa resort of Druskininkai, but doubts if it would be a proportionate administrative measure.
Representatives of movements based in Druskininkai, Alytus and Lazdijai founded an association For Lithuania on Friday, electing former basketball coach Tomas Pačėsas as its leader.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a "putsch" was plotted against him while he was away on holiday in January.
Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas and former members of the Druskininkai branch of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party are forming a new movement.
The ruling Social Democratic Party, which had until recently enjoyed unwavering popularity with voters, has found itself on a shaky ground recently. Political analysts say it is because the party's leader, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, has failed to control controversial situations as he shou...
Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas remains in his post after the parliament voted on Tuesday his answers to corruption suspicions were satisfactory.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked the Constitutional Court to look into a government decree that she believes could have been adopted in breach of the Constitution. The decree on lifting zoning requirements in resorts has raised suspicions about clashing interests and almost cost the environmen...
The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) is looking into investigation evidence, handed to it by prosecutors, to see whether Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas deserve to be sanctioned by ethics watchdogs.
Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas, who has been at the centre of a controversy over construction in Druskininkai and the resulting stand-off between Lithuania's president and prime minister, is meeting his party's leadership on Monday to discuss his future in the post.
