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Council of the Vilnius City Municipality on Tuesday dismissed Alma Vaitkunskienė as administrative director after she lost the mayor's confidence.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says that he cannot imagine himself working with Alma Vaitkunskienė, who on Wednesday survived a vote on her dismissal from the post of municipal administration director, and plans to repeatedly propose that the city council sack her.

Alma Vaitkunskienė keeps her job as director of the Vilnius administration after surviving a vote on her dismissal in the city's council on Wednesday.

The Liberal Movement, which is the ruling party in the Lithuanian capital's council, will in the coming weeks seek to replace administrative director Alma Vaitkunskienė.