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Lithuania's Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas claims to have distanced himself from any decisions related to his former workplace, public institution Baltijos Aplinkos Forumas (BAF).

As Lithuania prepares for new negotiations on the funding of the Ignalina nuclear power plant's decommissioning, the country's former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he faced a serious risk of losing funding for the project before assuming his position, the delfi.lt news website reports.

The Lietuvos Rytas daily's report reveals Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's unacceptable behavior of coordinating the appointment of prosecutor general, MP Agnė Širinskienė of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) says.

Following the Lietuvos Rytas report on Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's email exchange with former liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis, BNS Lithuania provides key known facts.

The Justice Minister registered on Thursday the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP, a new political party founded after last year's split in the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has sacked his adviser for energy and environmental matters, Tomas Garasimavičius, who had lost his political confidence.