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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has appointed Mantas Adomenas, a former MP, Arnoldas Pranckevicius, the head of the European Commission Representation in Lithuania, and Egidijus Meilunas, a long-time diplomat, as vice-ministers.

Lithuania and another seven EU member states said on Friday they are against the proposal to require haulers to return their heavy vehicles to their country of registration at least every eight weeks.

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, on a visit to Vilnius, has called on Lithuania to block the European Union's cooperation agreement with Havana until the communist regime changes its attitude toward human rights.

Coordinators from all of the European Parliament's political groups, except the eurosceptic Identity and Democracy Group, support Lithuania's commissioner-designate, Virginijus Sinkevicius, sources in the EP have said.

The European Parliament called on the European Commission on Thursday to counter Russia's attempts to whitewash crimes committed by the Soviet totalitarian regime.

Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius will be presented to the Seimas on Tuesday for nomination as the country's next European commissioner.

Sarunas Marciulionis, a former Lithuanian basketball star who ran in the European Parliament election on the Farmers and Greens' list, refuses the seat he won.

Lithuanians went to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president in a runoff between a former conservative finance minister and a political newcomer and to elect their European Parliament members.

Some 140,228 people, or 5.78 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots during four days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential runoff and the European Parliament election.

Early voting in the presidential runoff and the European Parliament election started in Lithuania on Monday. Voting will take place from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

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The first electrical lamp in Lithuania was lit on April 17, 1892 in the morning in Rietavas. Only 13 years had passed since it had been invented.

On Wednesday evening, the social network Facebook saw a mass blocking of all Internet addresses (URLs) linking to the electoral webpage that allows citizens to place their signatures in support of prof. Vytautas Radžvilas’ electoral committee. Signatures are required to grant it the right to partici...

On the day when campaigning was banned in not only the municipal, but also presidential and European Parliament elections, president Dalia Grybauskaitė lashed out against candidate Saulius Skvernelis over his supposed “international shame.”

There is a good old English term illiberal democracy that does not have a precise translation into Lithuanian. It defines the regimes that come to power through democratic means, but their representatives apparently aim at the never-ending reign trampling on the fundamental European values of democr...

President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned on Tuesday that the nearing Seimas spring session will be beset by tensions over the coming presidential and European Parliament elections and also criticised the cabinet for lack of progress on reforms, lrt.lt writes.

What can we predict about the nearing presidential and European Parliament elections now that the municipal elections ended?

With the European Parliament (EP) elections nearing in Europe and Lithuania, the famous investor and philanthropist George Soros made waves by comparing the European Union to the Soviet Union.

Technology companies from 14 countries around the world, including Australia, China, Canada, Switzerland and others have established partnership with Blockchain Centre Vilnius (BCV), which was founded just a year ago. In an annual event hosted by the centre on January 23, blockchain technology exper...

MEP Antanas Guoga has assured he would not participate in any elections together with the ruling Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS), lrt.lt writes.