Every Seimas elections bring new, non-traditional political parties into public view. And while some of these political movements often are laughable and might be hard to take seriously, sometimes these parties take sway over voters’ […]
I have been witness to election campaigns since 2011 when I had a chance to prepare an election manifesto for one of the political parties. “What a strange homo sapiens giving a fresh political science graduate such an important task,” I thought at the time, I recall. […]
Visvaldas Matijošaitis is celebrating his victory in Kaunas after the first round, however in the other big cities, a fierce struggle over the post of mayor is only beginning. […]
With little time left to the municipal and direct mayoral elections, political party leaders are pondering, which city and region bastions they will hold on to and where they have chances to break through. The Social Democrats, Liberal Movement and Order and Justice Party remain modest both about increases in their mayors and council members, while the Conservatives and “Farmers”, who remain the most popular parties, believe that they could reach historical victories in the elections, lrt.lt writes. […]
The graft case involving eight judges is the greatest blow to Lithuanian judges and courts since independence was recovered. It is correctly emphasised that we should not rush to conclusions and that currently the suspects only stand accused and their guilt has not been proven. […]
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party could back the presidential bid of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis if he chose to run for president, however the party is also considering the candidacies of Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, LSDDP member Juozas Bernatonis told lrt.lt. A. Butkevičius himself assures he is only considering participating in the European Parliament elections. […]
The Order and Justice Party is delegating its chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis to run for Vilnius mayor. The politician himself confirmed this to Delfi on Thursday morning. […]
Tramway, free parking lots, free public transport, smart traffic system – these and other measures, which could be used to improve traffic congestion in Vilnius are being listed by candidates to become the capital’s mayor, lrt.lt writes. […]
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) Vilnius branch decided on Thursday evening that their candidate to Vilnius mayor would be Virginijus Sinkevičius. […]
Former Vilnius city mayor, Lithuanian Freedom Union leader Artūras Zuokas has decided to run for city mayor once again, according to a post on his Facebook profile. […]
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) deputy chairman, Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevičius confirmed to lrt.lt that part of the LVŽS Vilnius city branch has offered him to run for Vilnius mayor in next year’s municipal elections. V. Sinkevičius has not yet revealed whether he would like to participate in the elections, however he assures that the office of minister of finance would not preclude him from being a candidate, lrt.lt writes. […]
Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis is currently uncontested and could be reelected as Kaunas city mayor in the first round. Meanwhile, the current situation for the Vilnius and Klaipėda mayors could be made more difficult by […]
With the MG Baltic political corruption case falling on the Liberal Movement, passions over the organisation’s future continue burning within the party. It turns out that the party’s Elektrėnai and Kaunas branch representatives have started […]
MG Baltic group VP Raimondas Kurlianskis boasted to a number of high state officials that he maintains close connections with not only the Liberals, but also the Conservatives. From secret data gathered by officers it […]
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation on politicians and business links has reached its conclusion, but doubts are being voiced, whether the material presented by law enforcement to the investigators will help […]
The opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement continues to search for arguments to refute information in a State Security Department (VSD) report that the party was controlled by MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups. […]
Already after the Liberal Movement (LS) chairman elections it was only left to wonder, what could be expected next. The election of old-new chairman Eugenijus Gentvilas raised many doubts over the party’s ability to perform […]
The board of Lithuania’s Liberal Movement has decided to turn to court over information published by the State Security Department, allegedly damaging the party’s reputation. […]
A copy of the State Security Department (VSD) report to the National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) Delfi has obtained reveals in what ways the MG Baltic group aimed to influence state institutions, politicians and […]
There wouldn’t even have been a discussion over the LRT’s finances if the LRT had voluntarily handed over all the numbers requested by the Lithuanian parliament and would this way have forestalled the question’s deliberations. […]
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