On Sunday night, the mayors of all sixty municipalities were revealed: a third of them were elected during the first round, with the rest in the second round. Of the sixty mayors, more than half were re-elected for another term.
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Visvaldas Matijošaitis is celebrating his victory in Kaunas after the first round, however in the other big cities, a fierce struggle over the post of mayor is only beginning.
The City Council of Panevėžys has temporarily appointed Vice-Mayor Aleksas Varna as the northern Lithuanian city's mayor.
The Kartu (Together) movement led by Lithuanian MP Povilas Urbšys has called on Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas to step down as mayor of the northern city of Panevezys amid corruption suspicions.
A court on Thursday suspended Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, the mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys, from office for three months amid corruption suspicions, a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed to BNS.
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service, alongside his advisor Gintarė Maskoliūnienė and three business representatives.
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT).
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) officials on Tuesday are searching the offices of the Panevėžys local authority as part of an investigation involving the town's mayor, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas.
Opposition members of the municipal council in Lithuania's fifth-biggest city of Panevėžys have launched an effort to oust Mayor Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, the local news website Jp.lt reported.
