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Povilas Urbšys is leaving the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the Lithuanian parliament after the latter decided against launching a probe into the situation in the agriculture sector.

The Seimas of Lithuania will not investigate the situation in the agriculture sector. The parliament made the decision after considering the opposition's proposal to launch a parliamentary probe for a third time.

Lithuania's opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) adopted a resolution during its Saturday convention on the party's strategic position in responding to arising challenges.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), is concerned about business' influence on the country's political system as well as attempts to change Lithuania's geopolitical direction.

Representatives of two Lithuanian opposition parties – the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Liberal Movement – are calling for the adoption of amendments that would create legal provisions to freeze assets of Russian oligarchs blacklisted by the Baltic state and restrict their...

Non-partisans will be allowed vote for the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats' candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, as well as for candidates in certain municipalities' mayoral elections.

Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas would have done less harm to his own reputation and to the ruling party's reputation had he stepped down earlier, opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday.

As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it will be difficult, but possible for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in his post after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on him to resign amid criticism over his family's farming practices.

Lithuania's conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas has no intentions to leave the parliament's National Security and Defence Committee after being questioned as witness in the MG Baltic corruption case, however, will stand aside from the parliamentary inquiry on possibly unlawful influence upon politica...

Lithuania's parliament rejected the opposition initiative of early parliamentary elections in the first phase of discussion on Tuesday.