Cabinet

Lithuania's new government sees the protection and promotion of the family as a priority, Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday when presenting his Cabinet's program to the parliament.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday signed a decree to appoint a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis.

Lithuanian Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday described Julius Pagojus, the Social Democrats' new candidate for the post of justice minister in his incoming Cabinet, as a young and energetic but sufficiently experienced politician.

Россия и Египет призвали с осторожностью отнестись к предположениям, что причиной катастрофы авиалайнера А321 над Синаем был взрыв бомбы на его борту.

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed an initiative by a group of lawmakers to call a referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections next year. But the Cabinet also suggests a different formulation for the question to be put for the vote.

Suspicious vice-ministers will not work in the renewed government, Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that making the so called blacklist of deputy ministers public has been a mistake, as it may impede further investigation. According to the head of the Cabinet, decisions on deputy minister will be made by ministers, their immediate superiors.