Peasant and Greens Union

MP Bronius Matelis has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas.

The political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas is united as never before, Ramūnas Karbauskis, its leader, said on Wednesday.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says he disagrees with the words by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) that delegated him to the post, about the story of MP Greta Kildišienė being an attempt to destroy the administration.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Peasant and Green Union has pledged to initiate sacking Romas Valentukevičius from the post of the head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), sees a recent scandal surrounding LPGU MP Greta Kildišienė as "the first serious attempt to undermine the government that has been elected by people".

MP Greta Kildišienė of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union on Monday submitted a plea to the Central Electoral Committee, asking to revoke her mandate.

Political parties of Lithuania intend to publish an agreement to commit to boycotting electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border.

Greta Kildišienė is resigning as member of the Lithuanian parliament, Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), told BNS on Friday.

Romas Valentukevičius said on Friday that he would resign as head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Romas Valentukevičius, the head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission, to resign.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday met with representatives of various political groups of the country's parliament, urging them to pool their efforts over the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus some 50 km from Vilnius.

The automobile leasing story is starting to discredit the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Greta Kildišienė, a lawmaker of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), has made the headlines after it emerged that she was using a car owned by a company of Ramūnas Karbauskis, the party's leader.

Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis assured in a Delfi conference that he and member of Seimas Greta Kildišienė are “only tied by work relations”. The politician also explained why his family lives abroad and assured he is no liar.

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office has asked the Seimas to lift the legal immunity of two lawmakers -- Mantas Adomėnas of the conservative Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Naglis Puteikis, a member of the Peasant and Green Union's political group in the parliament...

The Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defence Committee has decided to initiate update of the agreement reached among political parties on defence spending.