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Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis who intends to run as an independent candidate for the 2019 presidential elections says his program is built on the idea of national spirit.

Lithuania's former diplomats Vygaudas Ušackas and Žygimantas Pavilionis on Friday confirmed plans of running for early elections of the conservative party that will pick its candidate for president.

Economist Gitanas Nausėda continues to top the list of people viewed as possible candidates for next year's presidential election in Lithuania, according to an opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Thursday.

Lithuania wants to keep the current scheme of appointment of European commissioners where every country delegates one member of the European Commission (EC) after Brexit, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania has expressed support to the position stated by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on the need to resume the political contacts with Russia, following the example of other European Union (EU) nations and institutions.

There is no evidence of poorer quality of food products supplied to countries in Central and Eastern Europe, says Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, European commissioner from Lithuania in charge of health and food safety.

Russia has no plans of raising the 2014 imports ban on pork from the European Union (EU), however, plans to move the restrictions to the list of political sanctions after the unfavourable decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO), says the EU food safety commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaiti...

The European Commission (EC) will have to examine the Lithuanian request for assistance in partial compensation of damages incurred by the country's farmers due to heavy rainfall, says commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is in a deep crisis after suffering a crushing defeat in the recent parliamentary elections, Lithuania's EU commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis said, calling on the party to stay in the opposition.

The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do aft...

After a ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, the Ministry of Health will be forced to overturn its decree on mandatory vaccination for children in kindergarten. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

After sixteen years in the European Union, Lithuania has to decide what it is: a donor, a user of EU support or a full-fledged stake-holder, says Lithuanian EU Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is fuelling political crises in the country instead of seeking stability and balance, says European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, the honorary chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis said there was little difference between the nationalist outlook of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Hungarian leader Viktor Orban and Lithuania’s first post-independent leader, Vytautas Landsbergis.

Four Lithuanians have been ranked among the highest earning professionals in the institutions of the European Union.