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A number of opposition Seimas groups with presidential candidate Ingrida Šimonytė at their head at demanding Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius to come provide an explanation on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ “cunning plan” linked to Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.
Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members.
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission on Wednesday cancelled Tadas Langaitis' mandate as a member of the Seimas at the conservative lawmaker's request.
Andrius Kupčinskas, a former mayor of Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas, will likely replace Tadas Langaitis in the Seimas after the latter announced on Friday his decision to resign as a member of the parliament.
Tadas Langaitis of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats' political group in the Seimas on Friday announced his decision to resign as a member of the parliament, saying that "it is not possible to work constructively" with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU...
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party's leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections.
On Thursday, 39 members of the new Kaunas City Council, including Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the first directly elected mayor of Kaunas, were sworn in.
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement's candidate for Vilnius mayor, has announced he defeated incumbent mayor of the Lithuanian capital, Artūras Zuokas, in Sunday's run-off election.
The Kaunas City Council on Thursday approved proposals to apply for the city to be the Lithuanian Capital of Culture in 2018 and the European Capital of Culture in 2022.
Direct mayoral elections may lead to the society's disappointment in the long run, if powers of city leaders are not revised, say political experts of Lithuania.
Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas, and several other municipal officials will undergo basic military skill training for volunteers over the next few weeks, according to the Kauno Diena daily.
