MP Ingrida Šimonytė and diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas said on Monday they would seek the nomination as the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats' candidate in next May's president election.
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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called on lawmakers to stop looking back and not to waste their time on squabbling as she congratulated the Seimas on the start of its new fall session.
Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains the most influential politician in the country, the delfi.lt news website reports.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HU-LCD), does not support a move by two conservative lawmakers to declare the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) a criminal organization.
Lithuania's Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States.
Lawmaker Mantas Adomėnas has been expelled from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) for his ties with the MG Baltic business group.
The Seimas of Lithuanian's Committee on National Security and Defence [NSGK] probe into business groups' influence on politics leave an impression of selectiveness and fragmentation, Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats [TS-LKD], says.