Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis assured in a Delfi conference that he and member of Seimas Greta Kildišienė are “only tied by work relations”. The politician also explained why his family lives abroad and assured he is no liar. […]
Many of those working freelance have gone up in arms against the coalition government over the rise in SoDra tariffs this year. This has made the government seek ways of easing the fates of authors, […]
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
A day after the Tesla Motors lithium accumulator factory opened in Nevada, government and business representatives met for a discussion of the potential to build such a gigafactory in Lithuania as well. […]
Publications which keep appearing in the media have been trying to create antagonism between the Social Democrats and their coalition partners. […]
On Wednesday, December 28, guests and laureates for the Global Lithuania Awards 2016 gathered at the presidential palace. With the now fifth year of these awards, international Lithuanians and Lithuania-related business, culture and science professionals, talents seeking to create a successful and acknowledged Lithuania on the global level were honoured. […]
Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience, he himself was surprised by the proposal to become Minister of National Defence. He is inheriting a ministry with both an impressively rising budget and at the same time – the taint of corruption, but the former diplomat tells Delfi TV that in the end he decided to operate on the idea of “If need be, then so be it”. […]
The new cabinet chancellor Milda Dargužaitė says she has come to reform state governance and is aware that she can expect much resistance. During a Tuesday Delfi conference on December 20, M. Dargužaitė spoke about reducing staff numbers and raising wages in the state sector without requiring extra funding. […]
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius expressed his condolences to the family of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was mortally injured in Ankara during a terrorist attack. ‘We condemn the attack during which Russian ambassador in Ankara was killed. We extend our condolences to his family,’ Minister Linkevičius wrote on his tweeter account. […]
On December 17 the Social Democrat Party presidium confirmed the party‘s appointees to work as vice ministers in the ministries of economy, justice and foreign affairs. […]
Lithuanian diplomats are concerned about draft amendments being debated by the Polish parliament that would equate “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Thursday. […]
Christmas trees were lit in the largest towns of Lithuania already. If you would like to take a part in selecting the most beautiful Christmas tree of Lithuania visit this page. —————————————————————————————————— Haven’t thought of […]
Throughout four years of Social Democrat rule income inequality has risen even more in Lithuania and is now among the worst in the entire European Union. […]
The rise of radical figures in the United States and Europe shows that there has been a failure of solving various social problems and if adequate attention is not paid to them, serious threats could […]
Human rights expert Dovilė Šakalienė who was invited into Seimas by the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) shared an open statement on her Facebook profile regarding amendments to the artificial insemination law. […]
Having shared her interview with the Info TV television on her profile, member of Seimas Aušra Maldeikienė has fired up social media. When asked to comment on the new government programme, the politician did not […]
Lithuanian delegate to the European Commission, Social Democrat Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis says that the Social Democrat party is in a deep crisis after the elections. He is critical of the choice of ministries by the party and says that the Social Democrats should focus on the ministries of social security, education and healthcare. […]
The Peasant and Greens Union electoral programme pledged to undertake specific tasks – change taxes, remove tax breaks, equalise taxation on different forms of business and implement a state monopoly on alcohol sales. The future […]
A honeymoon. Thusly political scientists comment on voters’ attitudes to the victors of the Seimas elections, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) whose ratings continue to rise and have currently reached 26.8%. The Liberal Movement’s ratings are also rising, while the Social Democrats’ popularity continues to decrease, while the Conservatives could be said to be stagnating. […]
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