Facing a leadership crisis and internal bickering, the members of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) have snapped – the decision to join a coalition with Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants” is being described as a mistake […]
The news that US Special Forces will arrive in Lithuania is not at all directed to the Kremlin, but Lithuania itself, military analyst Darius Antanaitis told LRT Radio. According to him it is likely that […]
The threat posed by Russia is the most realistic threat facing Sweden today, however the Swedish response, reflected by the country’s defence budget, is held to be inadequate says LRT Radio contributor in Sweden Vaida […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis calls 2017 a tipping point. According to him we can expect radical and difficult reform this year, with immediate results. S. Skvernelis identified the topics of public sector, state company reform, […]
We have to agree on what kind of society we wish to live in says Lithuanian economist, macroeconomic policy and public economy expert, Professor Raimondas Kuodis, who notes that with 26 years having passed since […]
2016 was marked by numerous terrorist attacks and concerns over a worsening geopolitical atmosphere. Thus it is important to know, will the military be able to defend and defend itself? What weaponry will be used […]
The new Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the concluded 2016 was a difficult year for Lithuania, with emigration rates rising rather than decreasing. Problems in the education system also remained among the most important to resolve, while the bureaucratic networks in Lithuania did not diminish. That said the PM is intent to do everything possible to begin to resolve this as soon as possible. […]
The new government has been making minor mistakes and has been observed to try and rush things, however it is also perfectly capable of listening to criticism, President Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Television in an interview. According to her, the newly elected government has enough strength to adjust and listen to how the people of Lithuania react. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed under the 2017 state budget project which already passed in Seimas. […]
The new government, it would appear, intends to start its work with harsh restrictions. Their newest idea – to ban children’s’ champagne as it supposedly is associated with alcoholism and encouraging alcohol consumption. […]
Playwright Marius Ivaškevičius spoke with LRT Radio about his participation in a march in memory of the Holocaust in Lithuania, his work beyond just playwriting and his relations with Russia. Regarding them he noted that […]
With talks of “everything was better and cheaper with the litas” settling down, tv3.lt calculates who had the best 2016, compared to last year. Economists note that the greatest happiness visited the services sector, while […]
The President and the new government have stressed a number of times that one of the greatest tasks for next year would be to reduce social segregation. The 2017 budget allocates over half a billion euro to social needs. The Prime Minister promises larger pensions, wages are to rise for educators, police officers. However the Seimas opposition says that without structural reform, it will be difficult to reduce poverty and social segregation. […]
In an exclusive interview to TV3, President Dalia Grybauskaitė revealed how the new ministers were appointed. The President also responded warmly about the new Seimas and cabinet and asked people to be understanding to the […]
Though the leaders of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) have kept repeating that they will work with the ministerial cabinet as one, but the first steps of the new government have been accompanied […]
Seimas has already finished packing the Christmas gifts we will be enjoying for at least a year. However economists who are members of Seimas are in no rush to celebrate. Liberal Kęstutis Glaveckas says that […]
The Seimas elections knocked out all three political powers previously in the majority – the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP). The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Social Democrats (TS-LKD) […]
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas. […]
International relations experts keep repeating that Russia is already in a hybrid war with the West. At Kremlin‘s command, Russian special services tampered with US presidential elections, are attempting to do the same with the […]
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