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Election watchdog seeks ruling against Lithuanian Regions Party #centralelectoralcommission #LithuanianRegionsParty #politicalpartyfinancing
Election watchdog seeks ruling against Lithuanian Regions Party
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission investigators have proposed finding that the Lithuanian Regions Party seriously violated the law by using state budget funds for vehicle rental and fuel expenses, LRT reported, citing BNS. The investigators say the party may have used 34,200 euros in budge…
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September 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Pro-Putin party gets record 355 parliamentary seats, anti-war party a tiny regional foothold Sight Magazine #Russia #Russianelections #StateDuma #UnitedRussiaparty #VladimirPutin #Yablokoparty #EllaPamfilova #CentralElectoralCommission

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Pro-Putin party gets record 355 parliamentary seats, anti-war party a tiny regional foothold - Sight Magazine
The ruling United Russia party won a record number of seats in the national parliament, according to near-complete official election results.
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September 22, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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Justice minister says Matjošaitytė case damages electoral commission #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #lithuania
Justice minister says Matjošaitytė case damages electoral commission
Justice Minister Rita Tamašunienė said the case involving Laura Matjošaitytė did not reflect well on Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, LRT reported. She said the ministry would encourage parliament to consider a no-confidence procedure only after responsible institutions had completed the…
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September 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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VRK removes convicted Druskininkai mayor Malinauskas from office #centralelectoralcommission #Druskininkai #RičardasMalinauskas
VRK removes convicted Druskininkai mayor Malinauskas from office
Ričardas Malinauskas has lost his position as mayor of Druskininkai after Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, known as the VRK, terminated his mandate following a final corruption conviction, LRT reported. He will, however, be eligible to stand in the next mayoral elections. The commission …
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September 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Election commission ends Druskininkai mayor’s powers after conviction #centralelectoralcommission #Druskininkai #RičardasMalinauskas
Election commission ends Druskininkai mayor’s powers after conviction
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission terminated the powers of Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas on Thursday after his conviction in a corruption case, LRT reported. The commission declared his mandate terminated before its scheduled expiry, citing a final conviction by the Lithuanian Co…
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September 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Parliament postpones proposal to dismiss election commission member #centralelectoralcommission #lithuania #parliament
Parliament postpones proposal to dismiss election commission member
Lithuania’s Parliament Board of Elders has left a proposal to dismiss Central Electoral Commission member Laura Matjošaitytė off next week’s agenda, LRT reported. The proposal was supported by nine representatives of the opposition and the Democratic Union For Lithuania. Eleven members of the rul…
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September 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Opposition seeks no-confidence vote on election commission member #centralelectoralcommission #lithuania #parliament
Opposition seeks no-confidence vote on election commission member
Parliamentary opposition parties and some members of the governing coalition want to consider a no-confidence motion against Central Electoral Commission member Laura Matjošaitytė next week over consultations she allegedly provided to the Nemunas Dawn party and an attempt to conceal them, LRT rep…
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September 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Parliament to question electoral commission member over party advice #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #nemunoaušra
Parliament to question electoral commission member over party advice
Lithuania’s parliament plans to invite Central Electoral Commission member Laura Matjošaitytė to a plenary sitting to answer questions about consultations she provided to the Nemuno aušra party, LRT reported. Liberal MP Eugenijus Gentvilas asked parliamentary speaker Juozas Olekas why Matjošaityt…
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September 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Electoral commission opens inquiry into Matjošaitytė’s work for party #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunoDawn
Electoral commission opens inquiry into Matjošaitytė’s work for party
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has opened an inquiry into services provided by commission member Laura Matjošaitytė to the Nemuno Dawn political party, LRT reported. The decision followed the discovery that a legal document submitted by Nemuno Dawn to the commission in 2024, titled “On …
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September 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Electoral commission opens probe into Matjošaitytė’s services for Nemunas Dawn #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunasDawn
Electoral commission opens probe into Matjošaitytė’s services for Nemunas Dawn
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has opened an investigation into services provided by its member Laura Matjošaitytė to the political party Nemunas Dawn while she was working as a lawyer, LRT reported. The commission acted after it emerged that a legal document on the party’s sources of f…
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September 17, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Election commission delays review of party’s alleged serious violations #centralelectoralcommission #lithuania #LithuanianRegionsParty
Election commission delays review of party’s alleged serious violations
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has postponed for two weeks its review of possible serious violations by the Lithuanian Regions Party over its car rental arrangements, LRT reported. The commission plans to return to the matter on October 1 after receiving a request to delay it. According…
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September 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Lithuania’s electoral commission to consider inquiry into Matjošaitytė’s party work #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunasAušra
Lithuania’s electoral commission to consider inquiry into Matjošaitytė’s party work
Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission will decide on Thursday whether to launch an inquiry into services provided in 2024 by its member Laura Matjošaitytė to the Nemunas Aušra party, LRT reports. The commission said this week that metadata showed Matjošaitytė had prepared the party's response …
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September 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Lithuania election commission to remove Druskininkai mayor after corruption verdict #centralelectoralcommission #Druskininkai #RičardasMalinauskas
Lithuania election commission to remove Druskininkai mayor after corruption verdict
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission will remove Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas from office on Thursday after an appeals court upheld his conviction in a corruption case, LRT reports. The Appeals Court on Monday upheld a Kaunas Regional Court ruling that imposed a fine of 60,000 euro…
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September 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Nausėda says election commission member’s situation raises questions #centralelectoralcommission #GitanasNausėda #LauraMatjošaitytė
Nausėda says election commission member’s situation raises questions
President Gitanas Nausėda said Laura Matjošaitytė’s situation raises questions and should first be assessed by the member of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission and the parliament that delegated her to the post, LRT reported. “The story certainly raises certain questions. I think that Ms Mat…
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September 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Leiputė urges caution over proposal to dismiss election commission member #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #OrintaLeiputė
Leiputė urges caution over proposal to dismiss election commission member
Social Democrat faction leader Orinta Leiputė has urged lawmakers not to rush a decision on whether to dismiss Laura Matjošaitytė from Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, LRT reported. She said parliament should first obtain more information and speak with Matjošaitytė herself. The parliame…
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September 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Politicians urge election commission member Matjošaitytė to resign #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #lithuanianpolitics
Politicians urge election commission member Matjošaitytė to resign
Most opposition and ruling-party representatives agree that Laura Matjošaitytė should resign from Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, LRT reported, after it emerged that she had advised the Nemuno Aušra party as a lawyer and allegedly sought to conceal this. “The situation that has graduall…
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September 15, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Lithuanian lawmakers launch no-confidence process against election official #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunasDawn
Lithuanian lawmakers launch no-confidence process against election official
Lithuania’s parliament has collected the signatures needed to begin a no-confidence procedure against Central Electoral Commission member Laura Matjošaitytė, LRT reported on Tuesday. The statement was signed by 33 lawmakers from the opposition Homeland Union Lithuanian Christian Democrats and Lib…
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September 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Olekas urges election commission member to resign over party consultations #centralelectoralcommission #JuozasOlekas #LauraMatjošaitytė
Olekas urges election commission member to resign over party consultations
Lithuanian parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas said it would be best for Laura Matjošaitytė, a member of the Central Electoral Commission, to resign herself after reports that she consulted the Nemuno aušra party. LRT reported that conservatives and liberals are seeking her dismissal. “It would be b…
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September 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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Conservatives, liberals seek no-confidence vote against electoral commission member #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunasDawn
Conservatives, liberals seek no-confidence vote against electoral commission member
Lithuania’s opposition Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats and Liberal Movement plan to initiate a no-confidence vote against Central Electoral Commission member Laura Matjošaitytė after reports that she advised the Nemunas Dawn party as a lawyer and sought to conceal the relationship, …
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September 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Minister says only parliament can remove Matjošaitytė #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #ritatamašunienė
Minister says only parliament can remove Matjošaitytė
Justice Minister Rita Tamašunienė said Laura Matjošaitytė’s conduct should be assessed only after institutions complete their investigations, while only the Lithuanian parliament can remove her from the Central Electoral Commission, LRT reported, citing BNS. “Under the Electoral Code, the justice…
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September 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Electoral Commission member prepared Nemunas Dawn funding response #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #NemunasDawn
Electoral Commission member prepared Nemunas Dawn funding response
Laura Matjošaitytė, a member of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, prepared a response for the Nemunas Dawn party, the commission’s chair Lina Petronienė confirmed on Monday, LRT reported. Petronienė showed journalists a document supporting the claim. She said the commission could not remo…
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September 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Electoral commission member sought to conceal Nemuno Aušra consultations #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #nemunoaušra
Electoral commission member sought to conceal Nemuno Aušra consultations
Laura Matjošaitytė, a member of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, sought from the outset to conceal consultations she provided to the Nemuno Aušra party before the parliamentary election, LRT reported, citing the Delfi news portal. In September 2024, just over a month before the election,…
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September 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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Electoral commission probes Nemuno Aušra consultations with member #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #nemunoaušra
Electoral commission probes Nemuno Aušra consultations with member
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is seeking details about consultations that opposition party Nemuno Aušra received from current commission member Laura Matjošaitytė, LRT reported Wednesday. Commission spokeswoman Indrė Ramanavičienė told BNS that the VRK sent Nemuno Aušra a request a wee…
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September 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Lithuania’s electoral commission wins 28 cases against cash referendum group #centralelectoralcommission #lithuania #referendum
Lithuania’s electoral commission wins 28 cases against cash referendum group
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has won 28 court cases brought by a group seeking a referendum on cash payments, LRT reported on Friday. The latest case was decided by the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, which upheld the commission’s decision to deregister the group after it f…
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September 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Matjošaitytė says Nemuno aušra paid her nothing #centralelectoralcommission #LauraMatjošaitytė #nemunoaušra
Matjošaitytė says Nemuno aušra paid her nothing
Laura Matjošaitytė, a member of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission, said Thursday that she had received “not a single euro” from the Nemuno aušra political party for consultations, LRT reports. “First of all, I had no contractual relationship with the party mentioned in the public sphere. T…
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September 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM