Politics

Experts on what action Šimonytė should take: how could it affect the Conservatives?

Last week, two striking episodes rocked the national political landscape – the ongoing issue of the transit of Belaruskalij fertilisers through Lithuania and the periodic defections of politicians from the largest opposition party, the Lithuanian […]

Defence

When migrant crisis would trigger NATO Article 4: possible scenarios

Article 4 of the NATO Treaty. In November, more and more European countries, including Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, are talking about activating it because of the migrant crisis. What is this much-talked-about Article, what are […]

The Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Photo Ruslanas Iržikevičius i
Politics

Seimas revises asylum application procedures in response to the influx of irregular migrants

At its extraordinary session, the Seimas adopted, under a special urgency procedure, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and the accompanying legislation, thereby providing for faster processing of asylum applications and […]

Gitanas Nausėda
Politics

Nausėda goes all in: the president hunts without a permit in the right wing’s forest

To hunt for votes in the Conservatives’ forest against their leadership and without the knowledge and permit of that leadership? Why not? These are the tactics employed by the Presidential Palace in combatting the main […]