Lithuanian leaders congratulated Georgia (Sakartvelo) on the 100th anniversary of its independence on Saturday and wished the country to seek European and Euro-Atlantic integration.
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Viktoras Pranckietis (born 26 July 1958) is a Lithuanian agronomist and politician. He is currently serving as the Speaker of the Seimas.
The Seimas of Lithuania could ratify the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) but with certain conditions, the Seimas' Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says.
The State Security Department's information on a former prosecutor's close cooperation with the MG Baltic business group's executives is undermining trust in the prosecution service, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says.
On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Šeduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr I...
Lithuania's top officials intend to use "Sakartvelas", an alternative name for "Gruzija", the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, that was approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) this week.
Lithuania on Thursday stressed the importance of defending Ukraine from Russian aggression as the Baltic country marks the 227th anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, 1791.
The Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly, which has been effectively non-functioning for nine years now, could hold a meeting in the fall or at the end of the year, Beata Mazurek, deputy marshal of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, said in Vilnius on Thursday.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė's email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader accused of corruption, should be looked at from a moral rather than a legal point of view.
On Friday 4th May the ground-breaking ceremony will take place in Šeduva, Lithuania, for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial designed by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. The ceremony will mark the official start of on-site preparations for the construction of the 3000m2 museum, which will stand to r...
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, welcomes Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas' decision to step down and expects that it will not take long for the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) to find a replacement.
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis believes Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will later on Wednesday not call on Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to step down after he came under fire for the circumstances surrounding his family's farming.
The public must receive answers about the situation in the agriculture sector, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of the country's second-largest city, and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the most popular politicians in Lithuania, shows a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper, published on Saturday.
Members of the Lithuanian parliament's Provisional Group for Solidarity with Tibetans intend to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Lithuania in June, but the country's top officials do not plan to do so.
Ukrainian Vice Premier Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze is visiting Lithuania.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly.
After President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas can no longer remain in office, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it would difficult for the minister to stay on.
Mindaugas Puidokas, a lawmaker of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), said that he has turned to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly over Rasa Juknevičienė's statements regarding his party.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis doubts the possibility to initiate a no-confidence vote in Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas amid criticism of his family's farming on another person's land.
