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The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania's popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) holds onto its number two spot, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.
Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country's political parties.
Representatives of movements based in Druskininkai, Alytus and Lazdijai founded an association For Lithuania on Friday, electing former basketball coach Tomas Pačėsas as its leader.
Lithuania's former diplomats Vygaudas Ušackas and Žygimantas Pavilionis on Friday confirmed plans of running for early elections of the conservative party that will pick its candidate for president.
Top executives of Lithuania's decommissioned Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) expect to persuade members of the European Parliament (EP) on substantial progress made in the utility's shutdown projects to ensure further funding from the European Union (EU).
Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has sacked his adviser for energy and environmental matters, Tomas Garasimavičius, who had lost his political confidence.
Lithuania's opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of party ratings, followed by opposition Social Democrats in third, shows a survey conducted by Vilmorus pollster published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
Four opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested holding premature parliamentary elections.
Participation of MP Mindaugas Bastys who survived an impeachment vote on Tuesday in the ruling coalition is out of the question, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, urging the MP to give up his mandate.
If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, they would be triumphant to the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, while the current ruling party, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), would come in second, shows a survey published on delfi.lt news portal.
Officers of the Lithuanian State Security Department were satisfied with a verbal answer from impeached MP Mindaugas Bastys about his acquaintance with Piotr Voyeiko, a former KGB agent, therefore, no further probe was conducted, says the MP's lawyer.
Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys who survived an impeachment on Tuesday has not yet said whether he would join the ruling majority.
