Two new ministers took oaths at an extraordinary parliamentary session on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė formally presented the new Cabinet lineup to President Gitanas Nausėda on Friday, proposing replacements for two out of 14 current minsters.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė intends to formally present the new Cabinet lineup to the president on Friday.
The National Security Commission has instructed public authorities to submit proposals for measures to reduce the number of vehicles and people crossing into Lithuania from Belarus.
The Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday gave the green light for the plan to implement the civil resistance strategy drafted by the National Defence Ministry.
The leader of the opposition Farmers and Greens, Ramūnas Karbauskis, believes the opposition will continue its efforts to interpellate right-wing ministers in the new political season set to start in two weeks. Almost all the ministers in the Cabinet headed by Ingrida Šimonytė deserve this procedure...
President Gitanas Nausėda believes that the political crisis in Lithuania, which was caused by the municipal expenses scandal, may be solved either by a snap election or a Cabinet reshuffle.
Lithuanian Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Simonyte rejected on Tuesday the Farmers and Greens Union's allegations that her Cabinet's program has been copied from that of the outgoing government, but admitted that there will be some continuity of work.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday he has signed a decree to approve the makeup of the center-right Cabinet of Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.
The Lithuanian government is in favor of lowering the minimum age for standing as a candidate in parliamentary elections to 21 years, from 25 currently.
The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to give a renewed mandate to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' reshuffled Cabinet.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has failed to present to President Gitanas Nauseda candidates to his updated government, despite his earlier pledge to do so on Thursday.
Великобритания не планирует военное вмешательство на Ближнем Востоке и ищет дипломатические пути разрешения конфликта из-за задержанного Ираном танкера Stena Impero, заявил глава британского МИД Джереми Хант.
BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania.
Russia and Belarus may be acting in Lithuania under the disguise of terrorism, says Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department.
The government's input in Lithuania's cyber security is lacking, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the new Cabinet on Wednesday.