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The Lithuanian Labor Party has named Vigilijus Jukna, a former agriculture minister, as their lead candidate for the October parliamentary election.

Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and Mindaugas Bastys, a former social democrat who stood for election as an independent candidate, have gotten into the run-off of a by-election in Lithuania's Zanavykai constituency, held to fill ...

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday registered six candidates who want to fill a vacant parliament seat.

Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis says he is surprised by the resignation of his colleague, Minister of Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna. The social democrat claims he is unaware of the reasons but believes they must have been serious.

After Vigilijus Jukna resigned as the Minister of Agriculture, the Labour Party presidium has six candidates to choose from to the position.

Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Vigilijus Jukna submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius placed his trust in Minister of Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna, of whom President Dalia Grybauskaitė had demanded responsibility for the transparency of his subordinates.

Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Vigilijus Jukna says he would have considered resignation if he had heard any specific reproaches about non-transparency in the ministry’s activities but he had not been told any by President Dalia Grybauskaitė.