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.
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Viktoras Pranckietis (born 26 July 1958) is a Lithuanian agronomist and politician. He is currently serving as the Speaker of the Seimas.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is going to Warsaw later this week to deliver a speech at the Polish parliament and meet with its leaders.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis continue topping the list of Lithuania's most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) sees no reasons for the head of the Central Electoral Commission, Laura Matjošaitytė, to resign, adding she "is working properly."
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, on Monday urged Latvia to launch the ratification of its maritime border treaty with Lithuania.
Lithuanian parliamentarians have collected signatures in support of discussing no-confidence in academic ethics controller Vigilijus Sadauskas faced with accusations of anti-Semitism.
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis will conduct a visit in Riga on Monday to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Lithuania's restored statehood.
The stance taken by Lithuanian politicians on Rail Baltica gives hope that the European-gauge railway project will remain a priority, regardless of changes in the administration, European Commissioner in charge of transport policies Violeta Bulc has said in Vilnius.
European Commissioner Violeta Bulc in charge of transport policies is visiting Lithuania this week.
Aušrinė Armonaitė, a Liberal member of the Seimas, has started collecting parliamentarians' signatures for a no-confidence motion against Vigilijus Sadauskas, the ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures.
Top leadership of the Lithuanian parliament will Friday look into the situation surrounding Vigilijus Sadauskas, chief of the Service for Academic Ethics and Procedures, who proposed a reward to those who establish crimes committed by Jews in 1900s, a move the Jewish Community of Lithuania dismissed...
Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Vigilijus Sadauskas , ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, to step down amid allegations of anti-Semitism after he proposed a reward for a research thesis about Jewish crimes in the 1900s. Sadauskas plans to stay on.
Lithuania's citizens could decide on reduction of the number of parliamentarians together with the 2019 presidential elections and the referendum on dual citizenship, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis.
Lithuania must invest in the teaching profession as the nation's freedom and future depends on teachers, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.
Amid disagreements of Lithuania's opposition on further commitment among parties to raise defence funding, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis expressed hope for the deal to be signed.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains the most favored politician in the country, followed by Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
A group of members of the European Parliament have expressed their concern over the Lithuanian parliament's decision to set up a parliamentary commission to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT).
