There rarely are better neighbours than Latvians and Lithuanians. However, the attitude of the average Lithuanian toward Latvia is as if there are no Latvians at all. Let us think and remember: at the start […]
With the MG Baltic political corruption case falling on the Liberal Movement, passions over the organisation’s future continue burning within the party. It turns out that the party’s Elektrėnai and Kaunas branch representatives have started […]
Less than eleven months remain to the presidential elections. Lithuanian news media has begun the game of “Who will be the next president?” early. The topic of who will be the next president started running […]
The internal struggles of the Order and Justice Party (TTP) have surfaced into public view. The supporters of incumbent chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis are accusing Petras Gražulis of conspiracy, with him seeking to return Rolandas Paksas […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking new diplomats. However, it is difficult to draw and retain educated, qualified people in the diplomatic service because starting wages are only several hundred euro above the minimum, […]
Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis says that the recently surfacing corruption in the sector he curates are a natural matter. “There are areas that were touched and those that weren’t. The transport and […]
On 21 June 2018, the Seimas endorsed the National Energy Independence Strategy. The Strategy draws the main energy guidelines until 2050. It focusses on synchronisation with the continental Europe and renewable energy. The Strategy schedules […]
The European Union member states are struggling with three major problems – migration, strengthening the Eurozone and the United Kingdom‘s withdrawal conditions. The first question worries the so-called populists the most, the second – France, […]
The largest political powers in the country – the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have begun “celebrating the feast of democracy” and are choosing, who to […]
For the first time since 2004, this May there were more arrivals in Lithuania than departures, but Lithuanian emigration remains larger than re-emigration, lrt.lt writes. Sociologist Vlada Stankūnienė says that there is nothing to celebrate […]
“We’ve invested in canned food instead of nuclear power” – that’s how the funds NDX Energija received after the LEO LT 2009 liquidation are described in the VP White Book. At that time NDX Energija […]
Political scandals have been reducing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s ratings for three months in a row now. Political scientists state that this was caused by both the corruption scandal, which drew the president in, as well […]
Tax reform and a new parliamentary investigation are two barriers that the “Farmers” are obstructed by, apparently failing to find common ground within the Seimas group, lrt.lt writes. Some of the closest companions of Lithuanian […]
Only thirty percent of emigres say that they lived well in Lithuania, even fewer could allow themselves everything here, while others admit they faced greater or lesser poverty. This was revealed by research into reasons […]
It is very important to the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union to maintain the coalition and were the “Farmers” to not back Artūras Skardžius, their coalition partners could withdraw completely, opposition MPs Eugenijus Gentvilas and […]
Three years after a massive flood of refugees, migration is once more beginning to dominate European Union politics. The current reason is the new right wing Italian government’s decision to prohibit a French NGO’s ship […]
It is now literally just a matter of months before Putin‘s Russia could shake the foundations of NATO and the security structure of Europe. Moreover, Putin may have the opportunity to do this with elegance, with simplicity and in perfect legality. The possible gains for Russia far outweigh any reason for restraint. All signs indicate that Kremlin strategists have long been aware of the opportunity, and have been actively working to seize it. The groundwork is ongoing and plain to see. In autumn of this year, politicians loyal to the Kremlin will be in a position, formally and legally, to take political control of the central Baltic State – Latvia. The next step would be technically simple – a newly elected government, beholden to Moscow, would withdraw Latvia from NATO. And this would change everything far more profoundly than we might imagine. […]
The people are drawing away from the so-called establishment political powers, instead minor protest, populist and more radical parties are gaining momentum, lzinios.lt writes. “I believe that four million voices can gather for more than […]
Of the 58 civic electoral committees, which partook in the 2015 municipal elections, 19 had legal entities operating under similar names. The chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) Laura Matjošaitytė proposes to discuss whether […]
Towards a Pro-European Russia and a Marshall Plan for Russia (after Putin) Lithuania is situated next to a complicated neighbourhood. Russia has been and will remain, for many years to come, the biggest threat to […]
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