All of Lithuania's parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
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Eugenijus Gentvilas (born 14 March 1960 in Telšiai) is a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal and Centre Union (Liberal Movement since 2006), sitting with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government's proposed agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal
Former CEO of Lithuania's Port of Klaipėda Eugenijus Gentvilas doubts that the port will succeed in its bid to get him compensate alleged damage the port incurred during his management. The lawmaker is convinced that his case is "hopeless" and believes it's a sign of the upcoming elections.
Lithuania's Port of Klaipėda has filed a lawsuit against its former CEO and incumbent chairman of the Liberal Movement Eugenijus Gentvilas. This is how much damage the port suffered after its failure to pay to the builders of its embankments in time.
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will continue efforts to prove that information in a State Security Department (VSD) report about MG Baltic's influence on it is untrue after the party and the intelligence agency failed to reach an amicable agreement during a preliminary court hearing on Monday.
There are no grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against Artūras Skardžius, deputy head of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor political group in the Seimas, an ad-hoc commission decided on Wednesday.
The conclusions of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence probe into business groups' influence on politics, approved on Wednesday, have drawbacks but the probe itself was necessary, Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of the opposition Liberal Movement, says.
The opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement continues to search for arguments to refute information in a State Security Department (VSD) report that the party was controlled by MG Baltic, one of the country's largest business groups.
The board of Lithuania's Liberal Movement has decided to turn to court over information published by the State Security Department, allegedly damaging the party's reputation.
Lithuania's MG Baltic business group sought the election of Vitalijus Gailius as leader of the Liberal Movement, following the arrest of the party's previous chairman Eligijus Masiulis, the State Security Department says.
Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of Lithuania's Liberal Movement, categorically rejects claims made the State Security Department's (VSD) report that the Liberal Movement was a long-term project of the MG Baltic business group.
Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas would have done less harm to his own reputation and to the ruling party's reputation had he stepped down earlier, opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday.
As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government.