It may not be that the largest budget is the deciding factor for a successful election campaign, however it remains an important factor in many cases. The ban on business contributions to campaigns has significantly changed the budgetary landscape, but parties still retain opportunities to benefit from business partners. […]
The September 22 evening debate on LRT television focused on the fate of higher education institutions, drawing expatriates back, ways to curb increasing alcoholism and how to increase incomes in regions. The previous debate was […]
Way of Courage Party can trace its brief roots back to a scandal which divided Lithuanian society into two camps in 2008. Scandal has continued to be the defining future of the political party which […]
Following the October Seimas elections, many current members will have to relinquish their seats to newcomers. The Alfa.lt portal looks at the new politicians who can be expected to be seen in Seimas for the […]
Drastically decreasing numbers of students, 82 study programmes shutting down this year due to lack of students, poor study quality and positions in global ratings, these are the problems most prominent in the Lithuanian higher […]
When we talk about Russia’s propaganda machine we often imagine it as a perfectly functioning system in which some operator presses a button and moves attached figures towards them. Yet what is it really like? How does Russia’s intricate propaganda mechanism run? What makes it different and is it similar to the way Soviet propaganda operated? […]
With only a couple of weeks remaining to the Seimas elections, the electoral campaigning isn‘t the only thing to reach a fevered peak, so are the calculations and debates on who will form the coalition […]
The three months leading up to a major election such as that to Seimas is filled with debate, political activism and accusations of slander and misinterpretation. No real changes occur, making it a rather dull time. It is, however, a time to consider a key problem that many young voters are faced with. […]
After the major party debate, experts found the Conservatives (TS-LKD) and the “Peasants” (LVŽS) to have performed the most successfully, earning 33 and 31 points respectively. Meanwhile the Social Democrats (LSDP) left the experts disappointed, […]
With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance party. […]
Speaking to LRT Radio, economist Gitanas Nausėda stated that one needs to have a strong imagination to call the Lithuanian Freedom Union’s (LLS) leader Artūras Zuokas a liberal. According to Nausėda many of the politician’s […]
With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Order and Justice party. Planned to resign, but changed his mind The Order and […]
The Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke in an interview at the TV3 News studio. The discussion centred on the citizen’s seeking change in politics after the numerous scandals of this […]
the electoral campaign for the upcoming Seimas term is already nearing its end. Due to the relatively low social payments, discussions on the social model, vast emigration rates and a tense relationship with Russia, political parties have been focusing on socio-economic and national defence, Ignas Vėgėlė, Chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian Bar Association, writes in DELFI […]
According to an opinion poll by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus, the top three most popular parties are more or less cemented in their positions by now. The situation is not quite as clear lower down in the rankings however. There are a number of parties in the upcoming election that, according to the poll data, are on the brink of being able to enter Seimas. […]
This year’s electoral campaigns have so far been fairly low key with relatively little public exposure. The only domain where this can be held as untrue has been social media, with many of this year’s […]
“People first” is the slogan with which the Social Democrats (LSDP) entered power four years ago. Last week, however, the LSDP voted alongside a number of other parties to overrule the President’s veto of the […]
A recently published survey caused a surge of debate on the role of minorities in Lithuania and the implication of the findings to national security, particularly when discussing the Russian and Polish minorities in Lithuania. With Russian propaganda and pro-Kremlin entities and political parties touting issues with Lithuania, US and the West in general, the survey data provides a number of curious insights, Vaidas Saldžiūnas reported in DELFI […]
The largest warchest for the current election has been gathered by the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) with a large portion being funds endowed from the state budget. The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) […]
With Seimas elections less than a month away, the various parties are in a hurry to present their programmes and politicians who would take the place of current ministers. The Prime Minister position is not […]
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