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Lithuanian parliament opens new session with defence funding as key priority

The Lithuanian Seimas opened its regular spring session on Monday with a focus on proposed tax changes to boost funding for national defence. Lithuania’s State Defence Council declared in January [..]

Lithuanian Parliament approves prime ministerial nominee

The Lithuanian Seimas voted on Thursday to approve Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas as the country’s next prime minister. 88 MPs voted in favour, 34 were against the proposal, and six [..]

Lithuania assembling new governing coalition

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party is set to have nine ministers in Lithuania’s new government, with Dawn of Nemunas getting three and the Democratic Party “For Lithuania” nabbing two. “For [..]

Lithuanian PM candidate discusses ties with China

Gintautas Paluckas is the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s candidate for the job of prime minister, and he says that his government would seek to restore full diplomatic relations with the [..]

Nauseda continues to top Delfi/Spinter presidential opinion poll in Lithuania

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda retained his position at the top of the latest presidential opinion poll published by the Delfi online news site on Friday. Some 25.8 percent of respondents [..]