Lithuanian MP Virgilijus Poderys has left the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the Seimas.
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The Lithuanian parliament's board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland.
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers propose that the Seimas should formally invite Polish, Latvian and Estonian parliamentarians to join initiatives to block electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.
Lithuania's parliament should this week start setting up a task force that should control the implementation of the agreement among political parties to block construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Belarus.
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 preliminary line-up of candidates for minister posts only partially reflected predictions. Some “Peasant” candidates who have been discussed for months were left in the shadow with Saulius Skvernelis unveiling of the final list of names which was presented for presidential review.
Lithuania should restrict access for electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, Virgilijus Poderys, who has been named by the Peasant and Green Union, the winner of the parliamentary elections, as their candidate for energy ministry, said on Monday.
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, or LŽVS, said on Wednesday that Saulius Skvernelis, a former interior minister, will be the prime minister if the party wins the upcoming general elections.
