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ELECTIONS. Liberal Movement in brief
An offshoot of a different party “We will wipe corruption out with a bang. Call me and I will tell you how,” was a line in the LRLS commercial, uttered by Remigijus Šimašius, the man […]
Year: 2016
Society
Lithuania has highest share women teachers in EU
Lithuania has the highest proportion of women teachers in the European Union and one of the highest shares of teachers aged 50 years or older, figures from Eurostat showed on Tuesday. […]
Society
Biochemist Šikšnys may win Nobel Prize in chemistry
Virginijus Šikšnys of the Institute of Biotechnology at Vilnius University (VU) has a realistic chance of winning a Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday, VU Rector Artūras Žukauskas said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Govt representative turns to court over bilingual street signs in Vilnius
Vilda Vaičiūnienė, the Lithuanian government’s representative in the Vilnius county, has turned to court to prove that the decorative bilingual street signs in Vilnius had been put up illegally. […]
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ELECTIONS Promises. Economics – what voting shows
All parties stress the importance of the economy and businesses, pledging to improve conditions in those sectors every election. Various abstract propositions help getting seats in the Seimas. Unfortunately the voting results do not always […]
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ELECTIONS. Crumbling Social Democrat lead. Analysis
With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close pursuit. While there are a number of coalition variants being discussed, the final outcomes of this election are currently anyone’s guess. […]
Politics
Peasants, conservatives catching up with SocDems in popularity
The ruling Social Democrats continue to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings, but other parties are catching up, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website. […]
Politics
Emigration a key topic in Seimas elections
Mass emigration from Lithuania has become a key topic in this year’s general elections, with most political parties vowing to create more well-paid jobs to lure people back home, but laying emphasis on different aspects of achieving this goal. […]
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ELECTIONS. Labour Party programme highlights
With the elections less than two weeks away the Lithuanian Free Market Institute looks at some of the key points of the Labour Party electoral programme and their significance. […]
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Kirkilas (LSDP) and Pavilionis (TS-LKD) debate foreign policy
Monday’s Vote 2016 debates organised by DELFI featured the shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Žygimantas Pavilionis and Seimas deputy Chairman, Social Democrat (LSDP) Gediminas Kirkilas. The […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled 3x from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
NATO fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission of the Baltic states were last week scrambled from Lithuania three times to identify and accompany Russian warplanes, Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
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Experts and colleagues: Kaljulaid will be a bold president of Estonia
Estonia‘s President-elect Kersti Kaljulaid will be a bold head of state, Lithuanian experts and her former colleagues said. […]
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Grybauskaitė congratulates Estonia’s president-elect
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday congratulated Kersti Kaljulaid on her election as Estonia‘s president, underlining that Estonia is one of Lithuania’s closest and most important partners and allies. […]
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Putin’s Russia. The situation is gradually changing
The Russian parliamentary (Duma) elections on September 18 do not promise any major changes. Opinion polls and the general atmosphere show that the country will continue to be led by the United Russia party which is affiliated with Vladimir Putin, while establishment opposition parties will support stability. Regardless, these elections will be significant in understanding the future of the long term, but little understood system of Vladimir Putin’s that has been in place for sixteen years. There are indicators suggesting that the role of the real opposition, despite its fragmentation, is gradually changing. Considering the delicate socioeconomic situation of the country and the presidential elections which are two years away, this makes for certain indications for the future. Thus what role does the opposition perform in the contemporary Russia? […]
Politics
European Union
Group of 8 faces human trafficking charges after pocketing social benefits in UK
A group of eight accomplices who used to take Lithuanian citizens to the United Kingdom to later pocket their social benefits in the country have been charged with human trafficking, a Šiauliai court said on Monday. […]
Politics
January 13 coup defendants living in Russia willing to take part in proceedings in Lithuania
January 13 coup defendants living in Russia are willing to take part in the judicial proceedings in Lithuania, however, have not yet stated their final decision. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s shared services sector records 12% growth
Personnel levels in Lithuania’s shared services sector have increased by 12% this year. And with 7 new centres established in the last 12 months, there are now a total of 50 shared services centres operating in Lithuania, Invest Lithuania reported. […]
European Union
President stresses importance of German leadership for European solidarity
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated Germany’s President Joachim Gauck on the Day of German Unity and the 26th anniversary of German reunification. […]