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Tuesday's voting on Lithuania's 2018 state budget shows that there should be enough political support in the Seimas for other reforms, too, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said.

Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga answered interpellation questions, saying that salaries for doctors will grow, and introduction of mystery shoppers have finally forced pharmacies to obey prescription drug sales rules, therefore, this should be viewed positively.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the former leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has confirmed he would not run for the Saturday's election for the party's leader.

The Lithuanian Liberal Movement, which has been battling a leadership crisis and recently lost state funding over financing violations, is also losing the support of the voters, shows a poll conducted by the market research company RAIT for BNS Lithuania.

After ending its coalition with the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats at the City Council of Vilnius, Mayor Remigijus Šimašius' Liberal Movement has signed a cooperation agreement with the Electoral Action of Poles, the Social Democrats and the Order and Justice party.

Leaders of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement tends to preserve the party, however, the final decision will be made by the party's council next week, says acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has announced plans to resign from the position of the Liberal Movement's leader.

The popularity of Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė saw a slight decline in September from the earlier month, while the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the opposition conservatives enjoy roughly the same support among political parties, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster...

The council of the Vilnius unit of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Council decided to continue their participation in the new ruling coalition formed by the Liberal Movement, saying they would see whether their proposals are reflected in the 2018 budget draft.

During the parliamentary election campaign last year, Lithuania's Liberal Movement received a non-monetary contribution from a legal entity, the Institute of Applied Politics established by the party's former member Šarūnas Gustainis, the Central Electoral Commission concluded on Thursday.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the leader of the embattled Lithuanian Liberal Movement, is considering his future in the party post after MEP Petras Auštrevičius, MP Vitalijus Gailius and Marcijonas Urmonas resigned from his deputies earlier on Thursday.

The 45,336 euros in the costs of the training organized by an Institute of Applied Politics owned by Šarūnas Gustainis, former MP and former member of the Liberal Movement, for the party should be recognized as non-monetary contribution, says a task force established by the Lithuanian Central Electo...

A task force of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has proposed finding the Liberal Movement guilty of gross violations of the law on financing of the election campaign, VRK leader Laura Matjošaitytė confirmed to BNS.

Main issues have been agreed in the efforts to form a new coalition in the Vilnius City Council, and Edita Tamošiūnaitė of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families will be proposed for vice-mayor, says the Lithuanian capital's Mayor Remigijus Šimašius.