Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

Making public the names of people who have confessed about their past collaboration with the KGB would pose a serious threat to Lithuania's security and open the way for Russian blackmail, the State Security Department warned on Thursday.

The Lithuanian parliament has decided to start debates on an initiative by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS) to make public the names of people who have confessed about their past collaboration with the KGB.

The incumbent Lithuanian parliament has not a single member who secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB, Teresė Birutė Burauskaitė, head of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania said following its research.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission (VRK) does not check candidates' personal information forms whether they have correctly provided information on their link with the KGB, MP Zbignev Jedinski, representing the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, cla...

A new primary school where classes will be taught in Russian and Polish is planned to be opened in Vilnius.

A dispute has on Thursday erupted in the Lithuanian parliament over a proposal to publish information on people who admitted to have collaborated with the KGB, with the parliamentary opposition warning of the Kremlin's interest.

The Lithuanian parliament's Commission for Ethics and Procedures decided on Wednesday not to open a probe regarding MP Michal Mackevič of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS).

The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats would receive the most votes in parliamentary elections, but the Liberal Movement, another opposition party, would not clear the 5 percent hurdle required to enter the Seimas, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.

The Polish foundation "Aid to Poles in the East" has turned to Polish prosecutors over alleged misuse of funds by the Association of Poles in Lithuania.

Some employees of the Vilnius district local authority have been caught watching pornography at work, the Delfi.lt news website reported on Monday.

Vilnius Municipality well be the patron of a festival of Russian culture that will place in Vilnius in June.

The Labor Party's popularity in Lithuania is rising after its founder Viktor Uspaskich took the lead again. Meanwhile, a report published by the State Security Department has pushed the liberals' rating down, a new survey shows.

The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats would get the majority of votes, if general election was held in Lithuania on the upcoming Sunday, a new survey has showed.

Hundreds of people gathered in Vilnius' Antakalnis Cemetery on Wednesday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II.

Signatures are being collected for a European citizens' initiative calling for better ensuring the rights of national minorities in EU member states.

Members of the Lithuanian parliament's opposition parties met on Wednesday to discuss an interpellation procedure against Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.

After Lithuania's parliament over six months ago rejected the proposal of publishing the names of former KGB agents who had admitted their past, MP Zbignev Jedinskij has again initiated the amendment.