The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to give a renewed mandate to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' reshuffled Cabinet.
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Lithuanian MP Irina Rozova says the State Security Department (VSD) did not warn her against attending an event of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) that sparked protests in Georgia in June.
Georgia's parliament has called on the Lithuanian Seimas to end its ties with the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda approved on Wednesday a reshuffled Cabinet with three new ministers.
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.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has failed to present to President Gitanas Nauseda candidates to his updated government, despite his earlier pledge to do so on Thursday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed on Tuesday that the ruling parties are proposing former Vice Minister of Transport Vladislav Kondrotovic to lead the ministry, and MP Jaroslav Narkevic is being proposed for interior minister.
Lithuania's new President Gitanas Nauseda is expected to nominate on Thursday Saulius Skvernelis for reappointment as prime minister by the parliament.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday announced his decision to stay in the position, saying that his earlier statements about resignation were driven by "emotions".
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania, the Order and Justice party and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance and the country's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis signed a coalition agreement on Friday.
Representatives of four parties in Lithuania, holding negotiations on a future ruling coalition, said on Thursday they have completed their work, acknowledging, however, their failure to agree on the child benefit.
The ruling parties are putting pressure on Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis, seeking his replacement, Lithuania's President-elect Gitanas Nauseda says.
Negotiators from four parliamentary parties in Lithuania, forming a new ruling coalition, will hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss key tasks until the end of this parliament.
Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, is already having influence on the prime minister and the Seimas speakers' position and wants to have power in one hands, says Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis representing the LFGU.
Representatives of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and the country's President-elect Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday discussed the possibility to hold early general elections.
Saulius Skvernelis will remain Lithuania's prime minister under the coalition memorandum signed by the leaders of three political parties in Lithuania, and the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania will nominate a new Seimas speaker.
The leaders of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania and the Order and Justice party on Thursday signed a memorandum on a ruling coalition and are waiting for the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance to join.
Ramunas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), expects to reach a new coalition agreement within a week.
The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats finished first in Lithuania's European Parliament elections, receiving 18,6 percent of the vote and three MEP seats.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, one of the presidential candidates, expects some serious fight in the presidential runoff.