The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union is still pushing through with its proposal to introduce a car pollution tax but it would apply only once a car is registered in the country the first time.
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Fifty-three Lithuanian MPs have signed a document expressing no-confidence in Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, and calling for his removal from office.
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has decided to delegate Ramunas Karbauskis, its chairman, to the Seimas leadership, but is not clear yet if he will seek the speaker's chair or that of vice-speaker.
Representatives of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union have proposed introducing a new trade tax for retailers with an annual turnover of over 2 million euros, excluding VAT, since 2020.
A proposed tax on banking assets is estimated to bring in 40 million euros in extra annual budget revenue, well below the publicly discussed amount of 100 million euros, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's leader Ramunas Karbauskis said on Wednesday.
The formation of a new political group in the Lithuanian parliament was on Wednesday announced during a plenary sitting on Thursday.
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union plans to also support candidates nominated by other political parties in single-member constituencies next year when a new parliament will be elected.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda welcomed on Tuesday a decision by Andrius Palionis, the new agriculture minister, to set up a working group to review his predecessor's initiative to relocate the Agriculture Ministry from Vilnius to Kaunas.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday created conditions for the establishment of a special single-member constituency for Lithuanian citizens voting abroad during general elections.
Three new ministers were sworn in in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday, with new ministers of interior, agriculture and transport appointed following the government overhaul.
The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to give a renewed mandate to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' reshuffled Cabinet.
Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius will be presented to the Seimas on Tuesday for nomination as the country's next European commissioner.
Lithuania's outgoing Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis sees no possibility for Arvydas Vaitkus, the former chief executive officer of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, to return to head any strategic state enterprise.
Lithuania's outgoing Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis was replaced because of the high number of problems in the area he was in charge with, says Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.
Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the biggest parliamentary party, praised on Monday the new president, Gitanas Nauseda, for his openness to dialog.
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) said on Tuesday it proposes MP Jaroslav Narkevic for the post of transport and communications minister and MP Rita Tamasuniene for interior minister.
Lithuania is not considering delegating a woman to represent the country at the new European Commission, despite calls from the new Commission president, says Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.
The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have on Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis should nominate the country's former President Dalia Grybauskaite for European commissioner. But the former president says she's not seeking the position.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's decision to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission was not coordinated with him.
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the parliament has decided to propose Economy and Innovation Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius as the country's candidate to be a member of the next European Commission.