Jacek Czaputowicz Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

MP says scrapping election threshold for minorities could undermine equality

September 14, 2018 BNS 0

The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs says that the Seimas would probably breach the principle of equal treatment if it removed the election threshold for ethnic minority parties. […]

Polish ForMin urges Lithuania to scrap election threshold for ethnic minorities – Interview

September 14, 2018 BNS 0

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has called on Lithuania to amend its legislation so that ethnic minority parties do not have to reach the threshold of votes needed to enter the Seimas. […]

Polish foreign minister urges Lithuania to solve name-spelling issues

September 14, 2018 BNS 0

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz on Thursday called on Lithuania to allow the original spelling of the names of local Poles in their passports. […]

Poland vows to back Hungary in row with EU, Lithuania calls for dialogue

September 13, 2018 BNS 0

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, on a visit to Vilnius, on Thursday vowed to support Hungary in its row with the European Union, while his Lithuanian counterpart, Linas Linkevičius, called for dialogue between Budapest and the bloc. […]

Polish embassy moving to Pac Palace in Vilnius Old Town

September 12, 2018 BNS 0

Poland is relocating its embassy to the Pac Palace, a historic building in Vilnius’ Old Time that the neighboring country purchased 11 years ago. […]

Lithuanian PM to discuss power synchronization plans in Tallinn

June 4, 2018 BNS 0

The prime ministers of the three Baltic states and Poland will discuss the planned synchronization of the Baltics’ power networks with continental Europe as the Baltic countries plan to sign a political agreement on the project later this month. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]