Lithuanian Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says that she will not tolerate pressure on the ministry's staff.
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Milda Vainiutė (born 1962) is a Lithuanian legal scholar and politician.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to deal with the situation regarding Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys when he returns to work after a holiday next week.
The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill paving the way for developing an online voting system and will now send it to the parliament for approval.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she doubts whether Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Deputy Justice Minister Raimondas Bakšys are competent enough to perform their duties.
Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė will this week appoint Robertas Krikštaponis as director of the Lithuanian Prison Department.
Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga got the biggest media focus during the first year of the government's term, while Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas got the least attention from the press.
Lithuania's government does not rule out cooperation with the International Criminal Court on the US Central Intelligence Agency's alleged prison near Vilnius, however, sticks to its version that Antaviliai accommodated an intelligence support center rather than a secret interrogation center.
Foreign vice-ministers Neris Germanas and Darius Skusevičius along with adviser to Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, Domas Petrulis, last Friday left the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, which has terminated the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.
In the wake of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Council's decision to withdraw from the ruling coalition, some of the party's members in high-ranking ministerial positions have handed in their resignations, but others have opted to stay in their posts.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday that he saw no reason for Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius to step down, despite the Social Democratic Party's decision to withdraw from the ruling coalition.
After the Social Democratic Party's council on Saturday decided to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis decided to call off his plans to visit Georgia.
Lithuania's Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius intend to stay in the government, while Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius is resigning.
If the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) withdraws from the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), its ministers and heads of parliamentary committees should step down too, Lithuania's EU commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, who is the LSDP's honorary cha...
The proposed version will allow original name-spelling with non-Lithuanian characters on the main page of the passport for the local Polish community, says Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is meeting on Friday with Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė to discuss the initiatives discussed at the parliament that would pave way to the use of non-Lithuanian letters in ID documents.
Lithuania and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement on handover of convicted and jailed persons in Vilnius on Monday.
