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Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' wife Silvija Skvernele has called on members of a closed Facebook group to vote for Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene over her effort to secure road paving.

On Saturday, the Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene announced that Lithuania resumes EU's internal border checks in Lithuanian borders with Latvia and Poland.

Lithuania's Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene has disqualified herself from any decision-making related to the distribution of EU funds for the Vilnius region where she resides.

Lithuania's new Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene says firefighters and border guards will be a priority when raising wages next year, adding that the move will be aimed at closing the pay gap among statutory services.

Three new ministers were sworn in in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday, with new ministers of interior, agriculture and transport appointed following the government overhaul.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda approved on Wednesday a reshuffled Cabinet with three new ministers.

The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance is proposing Rita Tamasuniene for interior minister taking into account President Gitanas Nauseda's recommendation for the new government to have female ministers, a presidential advisor says.

In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, whic...

In response to an LRT complaint regarding harm to the public broadcaster’s reputation, the Seimas Ethics and Procedures Commission has recommended MP Stasys Jakeliūnas to be more reserved in expressing his opinion in public, lrt.lt writes.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday criticized legislative initiatives to lower the referendum threshold as "irresponsible" and "dangerous", calling on lawmakers to instead look for ways to encourage voters to turn out for a dual citizenship referendum.

The Lithuanian parliament's board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland.

Schoolchildren from ethnic minority schools in Lithuania successfully pass graduation exams and enroll in higher schools, therefore, there's no need to step up the teaching of the Lithuanian language at minority schools, says Rita Tamašunienė, elder of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Ch...

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed an initiative by the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance to disclose now classified information on former agents of the Soviet KGB who voluntarily admitted their collaboration.

A delegation of Lithuanian parliamentarians headed by Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is leaving for Warsaw on Wednesday to celebrate 100 years of Lithuania's restored statehood.

Twelve Lithuanian parliamentarians have drafted a resolution to express support to Poland and recommend objecting possible sanctions against the neighboring state.

The political group of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) in the Lithuanian parliament does not expect swift decisions on the use of non-Lithuanian letters in spelling the names of Lithuanian citizens.