Dalia Pikune, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

The Ethics and Procedures Commission of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party on 7 October

Social Democrat rebels are not yielding

October 9, 2017 Dalia Pikune 0

The Social Democrat rebels, whom the party ethics commission has proposed to remove from the party, are not yielding and still have aims to appeal to their fellow party members. “I believe that is why […]

Visvaldas Matijošaitis, Gitanas Nausėda, Saulius Skvernelis

Presidential electoral campaign begins: favourites begin to surface

October 9, 2017 Dalia Pikune 0

Political scientists have observed signs that reveal the begining of the presidential election campaign. Among the most popular potential candidates, according to the public, we find Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, economist Gitanas Nausėda and Kaunas […]

Estonian and Latvian tourists: travel is motivated by desire to escape familiar environments

October 28, 2020 0

During the months of July and August, the Lithuanian tourism development agency Lithuania Travel surveyed more than 700 tourists from Estonia and Latvia. Estonian and Latvian tourists interviewed in Lithuania this summer longed for change […]

Will the Kremlin go beyond election interference?

October 26, 2020 0

Once the Kremlin is persuaded that Joe Biden will become the US’s next president, it may go for the jugular. Already today, not election manipulation, but triggering civil conflicts in the United States could be […]

Parliament election 2020: 3 centre-right parties to form a coalition Government

October 26, 2020 0

Lithuania had decided who is going to rule it for another four years. The results of Sunday’s parliament election 2020 runoff show the new parliament will have representatives from ten political parties, as well as […]

With “Farmers” lagging behind Conservatives, Karbauskis speaks about his political future

October 23, 2020 0

With the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) taking a clear lead in the first round of the Seimas elections, ruling Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis stated that he is […]

Future of Vilnius, Tallinn and Riga: Lithuania can win on only one condition

October 14, 2020 0

The Baltic capitals Vilnius, Tallinn and Riga with similar indicators have always competed for the attention of foreign investors. However, recently analysts have been saying that Vilnius may break out within the next five years […]

Lithuanian Parliament elections: the first round is over, the second round to go

October 12, 2020 0

The first round of Lithuanian Parliament elections has ended. All of the votes had been counted. One thing is clear that nothing is clear yet since only a half (plus three) of the Parliament mandates […]