Lithuanians are inclined to trust the Lithuanian army, police and the president the most, while they continue to have least confidence in the Seimas and the Government, a recent survey by Baltijos Tyrimai for ELTA shows.
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October232023
Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė says the party already has a presidential nominee who will be revealed next month. Lithuania will hold presidential elections in May 2024.
October202023
More than half – 51 percent – of Lithuanian residents oppose the president’s decision to strip Margarita Drobiazko of her Lithuanian citizenship, a poll commissioned by the LRT national broadcaster shows.
October202023
The opposition’s Labour Party is considering to participate in 2024 parliamentary elections with a coalition of several parties. This was decided on Wednesday by the party’s council after hour-long debates.
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On 19 October, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Minister of Culture Agnese Logina at Riga Castle to discuss the priorities of the Minister of Culture, in particular the current situation with the development of the Latvian Media Policy Guidelines for 2023-2027 and support for Latvian regional and local media, said the president’s press service.
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The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) concluded Thursday that mayoral candidate in Pagėgiai district Kęstas Komskis grossly violated the Code on Elections by vote buying. It was found that at least 40 votes were bought in municipal elections in March 2023.
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On Thursday, 19 October, Panevėžys Regional Court began the trial of former MP Kristijonas Bartoševičius, who is suspected of child sexual abuse.
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On Thursday evening, 19 October, a pro-Palestine rally was held in Vilnius Cathedral Square. Its participants then marched in a silent procession through Gediminas Avenue to commemorate Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip killed in Israeli airstrikes.
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Conservative MP Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, chairwoman of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, has objected to the meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin in China.
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On Thursday, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė met with Levente Juhasz, head of policy for Lithuania at Google. The meeting discussed artificial intelligence, security, innovation in the public sector (GovTech) and an introduction to the soon-to-be-launched digital marketing and analytics programme in Lithuania, stated the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation.
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President Gitanas Nausėda continues to lead presidential polls, with support slightly growing in September, the latest survey shows.
October182023
On Wednesday, First Lady Diana Nausėdienė visited the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre and Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, the presidency reports.
October182023
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Wednesday attended an event to mark the launch of all four battery storage parks with a combined capacity of 200 MW in Lithuania.
October182023
Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says she missed a “clear and reassuring message” from the Interior Ministry in the first days of numerous hoax bomb threats emailed to educational institutions.
October182023
Around 2,000 bomb threats were sent to different institutions and companies on early Wednesday, police said.
October172023
Lithuania is planning to support Moldova in the development and implementation of a crisis management system and to share experience in combating hybrid threats and disinformation, the Office of the Government said on Tuesday.
October172023
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis on Tuesday met with the first residing Ambassador of India to Lithuania Devesh Utttam, the ministry reports.
October172023
Latvia’s new Foreign Minister Krišjānis Kariņš says Russians who are not Latvian citizens could still live in the country if they learn basic Latvian.
October172023
The Lithuanian Armed Forces together with the German defence industry will repair Leopard tanks brought from Ukraine to Lithuania. The armoured vehicles will return to battle once their technical capabilities are restored.
October172023
As bomb threats against Lithuanian schools and kindergartens continue, the police have identified multiple email accounts from which the treats are made.