Viktoras Pranckietis
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New Seimas Speaker – I suggest we “close” this question

Next year’s budget is turning into a task for the new cabinet, which has yet to form and the new Seimas, which started work this week. The President has already presented the candidacy of Saulius Skvernelis for the post of PM, next week he will likely become the head of cabinet with little to no resistance and will announce his ministers. The new Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis discussed the coming term on the Savaitė show on LRT TV. […]

Broken egg
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“Peasants” to resolve demographic crisis through stricter abortion regulations?

The state and the Church are separate in Lithuania, but is the latter separate from Seimas? This parliament, it appears will present a number of laws based on Church doctrine. This will most likely receive […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Gintaras Steponavičius
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Bad news from the Liberals to G. Landsbergis

The Liberal Movement has refused to form a fraction coalition in Seimas with the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). This was confirmed to Delfi by Liberal Movement fraction prefect Eugenijus Gentvilas. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
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On the new Seimas Speaker

58 year old Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union candidate Viktoras Pranckietis has been elected as the new Seimas Speaker. His candidacy was supported by 93 members of Seimas. His opponent, Liberal Eugenijus Gentvilas received 36 votes. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
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Interview with S. Skvernelis – highlights

The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union frontrunner Saulius Skvernelis has been just proposed by the President Dalia Grybauskaitė to become the head of the new cabinet. On Wednesday last week, his party signed a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats, upon which the new state government will be based. Skvernelis spoke on reform, party influence and posts, experience in the police and what of it can be employed in government in an interview with Vakarinė Palanga. […]

Exeting the Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Energy
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A signal to Russia – energy is not a priority in Lithuania

The new Seimas term begins on Monday, with the Peasant and Greens fraction claiming to hold almost 60 members of 141. As such its proposals will have to be considered by both its coalition partners […]