Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has been urged to step down for a "variety of reasons" that are not only to do with corruption in the healthcare system, says advisor to the Lithuanian president Mindaugas Lingė.
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Both the Lithuanian president and the prime minister said on Friday that Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė of the Social Democrats should step down amid corruption suspicions. The minister said she would hand in a letter of resignation and wait for the prime minister's decision.
Non-taxable income should be increased instead of the minimum wage and that would put more money in the pocket of workers, according to Naglis Puteikis, a member of, and tapped to be leader of, Lithuania’s newest political party, Increase Tax-Exempt Income (NPD).
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and LRT.lt Editor-in-Chief Vladimiras Laučius sat down to talk about some of the greatest issues challenging the unity of the European Union. The distribution of power among the EU's institutions, the Schengen zone, and the future of the refug...
One of the founders of the Lithuanian army has said the Defence Minister, Juozas Olekas’s position that a professional army is sufficient and conscription is not needed is irresponsible in current international conditions.
As the general elections approach, Lithuania's political parties have become acutely aware of fluctuations in their popularity ratings. The social democrats, the biggest party in the current ruling coalition, continue to top survey results, but will that translate into votes and, eventually, into pa...
Lithuania's Social Democratic Party needs to run on a truly social democratic platform, centred around a reformed and fairer tax system and social services in this year’s elections ,according to European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis.
The Council of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania has granted party leader Algirdas Butkevičius more powers in compiling the party list for the 2016 general elections.
The Social Democrats have proposed to completely transform the current election system in Lithuania. Their proposal includes abolishing single-seat constituencies, dividing Lithuania into 10 voting districts.
Lithuanian MEPs Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Zigmantas Balčytis of the Social Democrats and Liberal Antanas Guoga were the country's most active members in the European Parliament over the 1st year of their term, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports.
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have the highest popularity ratings, a survey showed on Saturday.
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius was re-elected as the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party for a two-year term on Friday.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has started preparing for parliamentary elections that are bound to take place in 2016. The party approved the list of candidates in single-member constituencies.
Two of Lithuania's political heavyweights, the Social Democratic Party and the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), are preparing for leadership elections.
Don't tell anyone, but I actually dislike saving money. When I decide to buy something more expensive, like another lens for my camera, I borrow from my wife instead of saving part of my wages for a few months. Then I repay the money according to a pre-set schedule to her just like to a lending comp...
The Liberal Movement of Lithuania can boast its most impressive and sustainable rating leap, say political experts referring to sociological research.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) next spring expects to win the mayoral race in 20 municipalities and to be supported by a stable number of voters in municipal council elections, despite the declining population, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the party's leader, said on Saturday.
Member of Lithuanian Parliament Kęstutis Masiulis (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats) talks against the plans to lift VAT exemption on heating and says that it is a tax increase for the middle class.
