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Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party's new chairman at a congress in Kaunas on Sunday.

The Lithuanian Labor Party's council has decided to convene a congress next January to elect a new chairman.

The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not be a promising step.

Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania's parliament, announced resignation from the post during a meeting of party's council on Tuesday evening.

Gintautas Kevišas is to step down as director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT) in July after Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson on Wednesday signed an order to cancel the results of last August's competition for the position.

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis of the Labour Party had a clash of interests by failing to declare links with the Bulgarian-registered company Agrolitas, the Chief Official Ethics Commission has found.

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has urged the Municipality of Vilnius to call an emergency situation over the crumbling hill of the Gediminas Castle. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania's Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, delegated to the cabinet by the Labour Party, owns property in Bulgaria that he has failed to include in his declaration of assets. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s fi...

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less.

Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has commented on the decision of Visaginas Culture Centre to cancel a performance by the Alexander Ensemble, the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, saying that there is no place in Lithuania for Moscow's divisive policies.

The Lithuanian ruling coalition will survive until the parliamentary elections, despite recent disagreements over deputy culture minister, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party.

On Tuesday, the recently and controversially appointed Deputy Minister of Culture Vytautas Vigelis announced about his resignation.

Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy minister Vytautas Vigelis within a week, the Labour Party's leader Valentinas Mazuronis rushed off to the Government's Office. The politician is convinced that ...

The government of Lithuania and France have sign an agreement on joint film production, aimed at creating more favourable conditions for film producers to work on joint projects.

Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has stressed that when it comes to the country's security, attention should be paid not only to the territorial defence but also to strenghtening national identity and people's trust in the state.

Member of Parliament Kęstutis Masiulis has approached Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis requesting to change the principles of how the Immovable Cultural Heritage Assessment Council (NTPVT) and other expert groups are formed.

Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage.