Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says there was a lack of democracy in the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats' primary election, adding that Ingrida Šimonytė was effectively "appointed" as the conservative party's presidential candidate by its top leaders.
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Saulius Skvernelis (born 23 July 1970) is a Lithuanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Lithuania since 2016. He is also a member of the Seimas. Previously he served as police commissioner, and he was Minister of the Interior from 2014 to 2016.
Lithuanian Tatars discussed Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' proposal to construct a community building on the site of a former Tatar cemetery in Vilnius as they held their first-ever congress on Saturday.
The Lithuanian Journalists' Union (LJU) and journalists from several media outlets have asked a court to order the government to provide them with the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting in which ministers discussed giving the media free access to registry data.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis rejected on Wednesday criticism from President Dalia Grybauskaitė's office over the pace of defense budget growth.
Lithuania's leaders on Monday extended their condolences to Indonesia over a plane crash which cost many lives.
Oslo is on Monday hosting a meeting of British, Nordic and Baltic leaders.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments to the law on party funding and budget corrections giving the government the opportunity to borrow funds to finance unelected parliamentary parties.
The Lithuanian parliament overturned on Thursday President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto of amendments tightening the requirements for the construction of waste-to-energy plants, leaving in place the legislation it passed in September.
The United States' threat to pull out of a bilateral treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles was a necessary step to warn Russia to respect the terms of the pact, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says children's rights protection officials "overdid things" in dealing with a situation in Kaunas where two young children were taken away from their parents over violence suspicions.
In deciding whether to go for permanent summer or winter time, Lithuania will ask for the opinion of its specialists and the general public and will also take its neighbors' choice into account, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday.
The Lithuanian Cabinet is considering broadcasting its meetings and storing video and audio recordings of both its meetings and formal sittings.
Lithuania's opposition, unhappy with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' responses, wants the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense to investigate the story of the deleted government meeting recording.
Lithuania's ruling bloc on Tuesday mustered enough votes to reject an opposition-initiated resolution accusing Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis of restricting the freedom of speech after his office deleted the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting that discussed free access to registry data for the ...
The Lithuanian parliament is holding an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday after the opposition collected signatures for the Seimas to debate on the ruling bloc's actions.
Public trust in the media is growing in Lithuania amid Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' excuses on why a recording of a government meeting was deleted and the ruling parties' wish to overhaul the public broadcaster.
Lithuanian MP Ingrida Šimonytė, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has risen in the Top-3 of the most popular presidential aspirants, a new survey has revealed.