Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has revealed that Lithuania’s candidate to the European Commission should become clear when Ursula von der Leyen is appointed as President of the European Commission for the second term.
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The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has registered 14 political parties and one political coalition for elections to the European Parliament.
The Lithuanian Greens Party on Wednesday presented its list of candidates running for elections to the European Parliament. It is the first women-only election list in Lithuania’s history, the party says.
The Labour Party on Monday nominated its leader Andrius Mazuronis as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, which will take place on 12 May.
Mayor of Kazlų Rūda, Mantas Varaška, has decided to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election, complaining about the lack of support from the Lithuanian Regions Party, which had endorsed him at first.
Candidate for Lithuania's prime minister Ingrida Simonyte has on Wednesday announced she's nominating Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, for the position of foreign minister.
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.
