Since the Skvernelis and Karbauskis marriage is breaking, no matter how the distribution of ministerial seats will end, we can already guess that both the Seimas majority and its cabinet will be even more fragile […]
The negotiations on a ruling coalition that were launched a month ago have hit a roadblock – politicians are struggling with sharing offices, but promise a leap forward within a week. […]
For a few weeks now we have been hearing assurances that everything has been agreed upon regarding the ruling coalition’s revamp and that an agreement will soon be signed. But the date keeps getting pushed […]
Living in times of dynamic change, is it still meaningful to talk about Lithuanian conservatism, which from the oldest times has looked at the change in at least a skeptical light? Musings on this forgotten […]
The parties that are forming a ruling coalition announced on June 20 they had concluded negotiations on supposedly the most important factors – programme points. That said, this conclusion is somewhat odd. That is because […]
Comments or analytical pieces on the situation in Lithuania that appeared after President Dalia Grybauskaitė annual address appear more interesting to me than the address itself. D. Grybauskaitė‘s text, which we heard from the Seimas […]
Viktoras Pranckietis, who is being pushed out of the office of Seimas speaker, has accused Order and Justice leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis of lying for claims that the “Farmer” previously agreed to withdraw, but changed his […]
With the “Farmers” negotiating on a new coalition with other parties, the seat of Seimas speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is also on the table. Ramūnas Karbauskis has been urging the current head of parliament to resign, […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė read her final annual address a few weeks ago. This was the concluding speech of two terms, thus it was natural to expect that the head of state will summarise her work, […]
After trying their luck in the presidential elections, Naglis Puteikis, Arvydas Juozaitis, and Mindaugas Puidokas are not giving up. The first two plan to unite their forces, while M. Puidokas plans to create a new […]
Ten years of Grybauskaitė will go in the Lithuanian history as an era of this president. Two terms as president, the head of state Dalia Grybauskaitė made nine annual addresses to Seimas and the public. […]
Former Seimas speakers Loreta Graužinienė and Arūnas Valinskas believe that the current head of parliament Viktoras Pranckietis has become a hostage of Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ political game and now […]
President-Elect has taken to work from his very first days, what are the key challenges to Nausėda presidency? Offices have been allocated to him and his team at the Presidential Palace, G. Nausėda is now […]
Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party (LSDDP) chairman Gediminas Kirkilas stated on Žinių Radijas‘ show Pozicija that if the Seimas groups do not finally come to terms, there may be no coalition, in the end, lrytas.lt […]
It was not only party connections, but also avoiding to admit these connections that were among the reasons that hampered Ingrida Šimonytė‘s performance in the second round of presidential elections. According to political and communications […]
With less than a year and a half to the 2020 Seimas elections, the parties were given an excellent opportunity to measure their strength through the European Parliament elections. Political scientists contacted by tv3.lt state […]
President-Elect Gitanas Nausėda has repeated a number of times that things will be different now. G. Nausėda promises a different tone to that of Dalia Grybauskaitė in both domestic and foreign policy. However, experts contacted […]
Was it the first round of presidential elections that was held in Lithuania or was it some natural disaster, which was a hair’s breadth away from massive, even catastrophic losses, Vytautas Bruveris asks in lrytas.lt […]
Saulius Skvernelis would like not only the office of prime minister, but also the status of “Farmer” leader. But even failing to obtain the latter, he will likely remain in charge of the cabinet. Such […]
Having failed to have his political fellow passengers disembark from the government train, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is starting to lose control of his own locomotive – increasingly, hints of a dramatic divorce are emerging, […]
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