The Seimas
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Faces we won’t see in the new Seimas

On October 23 voters closed the door on a number of political old guard, the hopes of many who wished to keep their membership in Seimas were broken. The moods of those who failed to be re-elected vary – some intend to savour their freedom, some intend to seek work or spend time with their families. In total there will be 82 new faces in Seimas, 5 of them returning after a break. 59 members of Seimas were re-elected, but a large number of the old guard will be gone. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Algirdas Butkevičius
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What could happen to SocDems after joining coalition with “Peasants”?

If the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) formed a coalition government with the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), it is possible that the latter would disappear as a significant party after next election political […]

At the Homeland Union elections HQ
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ELECTIONS. On Conservatives’ loss in Kaunas

The loss of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Kaunas, a city long held to be a Conservative bastion, was caused by the rise of an opposing force believe political analysts spoken […]

Conservative political group in the Seimas
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ELECTIONS. Urbonaitė: the Conservatives failed to mobilise

One of the main factors behind the second round results is the large voter turnout and the failure to adequately gauge R. Karbauskis’ capacity to bring in voters believes Mykolas Romeris University political scientist Rima […]

Algirdas Paleckis with his wife Olga
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ELECTIONS. Incredible fortune – the disappearance of A. Paleckis’ loan

The image of the controversial candidate to Seimas in the Vilnius Naujoji Vilnia district Algirdas Paleckis, who cannot boast any big income, is fairly paradoxical. He has received considerable sums from what is suspected to be the unemployed and pensioners, lives in a house on Laurai street, while a half million litas loan mysteriously up and vanished following some scandalous rhetoric from Paleckis, who had no income to cover the loan himself. […]

The Soft Russia's containment strategy first page
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Will Conservatives ignore ‚Russian skeleton’ in Karbauskis’ wardrobe?

The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a party document titled “The Soft Russia‘s Containment Strategy” (Minkštoji Rusijos sulaikymo strategija“), among the contents […]