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The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has suggested cutting the number of vice-ministers to one per ministry and reinstating the non-political position of ministerial secretaries.

According to Lithuania's Parliament Speaker, chair of the Labour Party Loreta Graužinienė, the Labour Party has over 10 candidates to propose for the office of the deputy minister of energy, while Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has submitted three nominations of possible deputies.

Saulius Girdauskas, Vladislovas Kondratovičius and Arijandas Šliupas - all the three Deputy Ministers of Transport and Communications - have been reappointed to their offices.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he will not give in to the pressure of MEP Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), over the reappointment of the former Deputy Minister of Energy Renata Cytacka.

The ministerial teams will most likely not include Deputy Minister of the Interior Algimantas Juocevičius, Deputy Minister of Environment Almantas Petkus and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Živilė Pinskuvienė, who were included in the so-called blacklist compiled by the Special Investigation Service ...

As the government has been reappointed following President Dalia Grybauskaitė's inauguration for the second term, deputy head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Welfare return to their posts.

Renata Cytacka, delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, who resigned as deputy energy minister under pressure from government leaders, will not be returning to the position, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius.

Lithuania’s Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič has signed an order accepting the resignation of his deputy and fellow party member Renata Cytacka.

Rita Tamašunienė, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) parliamentary group, says the party supports Deputy Minister of Energy Renata Cytacka who has no intention to resign, even though all the other vice ministers have.

A new government in Lithuania might be approved without several ministers if they fail to form transparent teams, says Rasa Svetikaitė, the Lithuanian president's chief adviser on legal issues.

As her second term begins, President Dalia Grybauskaitė held a press conference on Monday, in which she indicated six key items for the next five years.

Lithuanian Deputy Energy Minister Renata Cytacka, a member of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, is the only vice-minister in the current government who has not resigned voluntarily.

With most deputy ministers in the Lithuanian government having resigned on Thursday, the process continued on Friday.

Deputy Seimas Speaker Algirdas Sysas thinks that President Dalia Grybauskaitė has overstepped her bounds by dictating her own conditions to the Government.

All suspect vice-ministers are stepping down in Lithuania, government officials said Tuesday.