Politics
Municipal council compositions: dominance in some cities
On Monday, the composition of municipal councils is beginning to emerge. […]
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Kęstutis Girnius. The changed Lithuanian political landscape
Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political parties emerge, draw voters for a few years and then vanish. The Way of Courage, the National Revival Party, A. Paulauskas’ New Union, the Modern Christian Democrat Union, the Lithuanian Freedom Union, the Labour Party, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party – this is only part of the political parties, which formed after the re-establishment of independence, most forming after the year 2000. […]
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Order and Justice Party candidate to Vilnius mayor – Remigijus Žemaitaitis
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. […]
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Zuokas to run for Vilnius city mayor
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. […]
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Vilnius Mayor Šimašius to run for re-election as public committee’s candidate
Members of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s Vilnius branch have decided to nominated Remigijus Šimašius, the capital’s current mayor, as their candidate in next year’s mayoral election, giving him the mandate to form a public election committee. […]
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A scent of walkout among the Liberals: agreement with A. Zuokas surfacing?
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 […]
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Vilnius’ Liberals sign deal with Poles, SocDems, Order and Justice
After ending its coalition with the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats at the City Council of Vilnius, Mayor Remigijus Šimašius‘ Liberal Movement has signed a cooperation agreement with the Electoral Action of Poles, the Social Democrats and the Order and Justice party. […]
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Order & Justice leader says vote-buying suspects not linked to his party
Remigijus Žemaitaitis, acting leader of the Order and Justice Party, says that people detained and questioned on suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, are linked not to his party, but to the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals). […]
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ELECTIONS. Only takes 5 minutes to wish the debate to end
“The problem seems to be that already after five minutes, you end up wanting that the debate would end,” Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) lecturer, political scientist Rima Urbonaitė shared her impressions on the Tuesday debate […]
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ELECTIONS. Zuokas and the LLS – the fall from liberalism
Speaking to LRT Radio, economist Gitanas Nausėda stated that one needs to have a strong imagination to call the Lithuanian Freedom Union’s (LLS) leader Artūras Zuokas a liberal. According to Nausėda many of the politician’s […]
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ELECTIONS 2016: Key points on debate of economic from small parties
Seimas electoral debates are to go on for four weeks leading up to the October Seimas elections. Politicians are to debate on the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The debate this time included representatives from the Order and Justice Party (TT), Lithuanian Green Party, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Union (LLRA), Lithuanian Freedom Union (LLS), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ Coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The first topic for debate was economics. […]
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Seimas electoral debates begin with economics
Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first debate featured representatives from the Order and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action – Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠP), Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The leaders of the Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Freedom Union and the coalition “Against corruption and poverty” were present with the other parties delegating representatives. […]
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Former Vilnius mayor Zuokas dodges face-off with former interior minister
Former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas decided not to stand in Karoliniškės single-member constituency and moved to Senamiestis constituency after former interior minister Saulius Skvernelis announced he would be running for a Seimas seat in the […]
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Former interior minister to challenge former Vilnius mayor in his constituency
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union presented all the candidates standing in single member constituencies in Vilnius. The leader of the list, former interior minister Saulius Skvernelis, will run for a seat in […]
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Social Democrats cling to top of ratings but face competition as elections approach
Surveys show that if the Seimas elections were to be held next weekend, the Social Democratic party would win in its multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democrats have been the most popular party in Lithuania […]
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Lithuanian public would welcome ending of MP’s immunity from prosecution, says leading politician
Lithuania’s parliament should revoke the parliamentary immunity of MPs from prosecution, said the head of Lithuanian Freedom Union election headquarters Algis Čaplikas. “Nothing terrible would happen. The public would welcome such a decision – seeing […]
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Former Vilnius mayor to run for parliament on ‘happiness platform’
Artūras Zuokas and his Lithuanian Freedom Union are returning to national politics by promising voters happiness. “You know, I have been studying happiness economy lately and it has two steps. One – economic prosperity, and […]
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Lithuanian electoral commission distributes year’s first party subsidies
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year’s first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties. […]
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Former Vilnius mayor suggests joining forces with Liberal Movement
Former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas, leader of the Lithuanian Freedom Union, says his party is planning to approach the Liberal Movement about joining forces in the general elections this October. […]
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Hard times ahead for soon-to-be ex-mayor of Vilnius
As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]