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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is meeting Elvinas Jankevičius, a candidate for justice minister, at midday.

Elvinas Jankevičius, an advisor to the Lithuanian prime minster, will be proposed to become the country's next justice minister, sources have told BNS.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects to propose this week a candidate for justice minister to President Dalia Grybauskaitė for appointment.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will make her decision regarding the appointment of Vice Minister of the Interior Giedrius Surplys, 37, for minister of agriculture shortly, her aid says.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is nominating Vice Minister of the Interior Giedrius Surplys, 37, for minister of agriculture.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s decision to reject Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister is surprising, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will not appoint Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, as the country's justice minister, her press office told BNS on Thursday.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has proposed lawyer Giedrius Danėlius for the country's justice minister.