Lithuanian political scientists are cautious about the chances of Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, to lead the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats whose long-standing leader Andrius Kubilius announced on Monday he would not seek re-election. […]
Andrius Kubilius, former Lithuanian prime minister and current leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats announced on Monday he would not be seeking re-election as his party’s leader. […]
Outgoing Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (LLS), says that his defeat in Vilnius mayoral election will only push him to venture into national politics. Zuokas says that we will run for presidency in 2019. […]
New mayors of Vilnius and Kaunas will have to deal with different challenges. Remigijus Šimašius, new mayor of the Lithuanian capital, will have to address the city’s financial problems and reduce heating bills, while businessman Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the new mayor of Lithuania’s second city, will have to attract more investment, says economist Gitanas Nausėda. […]
All traditional political parties suffered lesser or greater losses during the recent municipal and mayoral elections in Lithuania, say political scientists. […]
As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]
Lithuania’s representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Karolina Bubnytė has urged state institutions to focus its efforts on the implementation of the court’s rulings on sex change surgeries and the right for ousted president Rolandas Paksas to run for elections. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party was triumphant in the country’s first direct mayoral elections, show preliminary data published by the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius has promised more transparency in the Lithuanian capital’s municipality, making no secret of his concern about its financial situation. […]
Lithuania’s female chess grandmaster Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen will become a member of Lithuania’s parliament to replace Liberal Remigijus Šimašius who was Sunday elected as Vilnius mayor. […]
Šarūnas Gustainis of the Liberal Movement won the MP mandate in Žirmūnai constituency in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, defeating Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė in a close race, show preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement‘s candidate for Vilnius mayor, has announced he defeated incumbent mayor of the Lithuanian capital, Artūras Zuokas, in Sunday’s run-off election. […]
Voters were less active in the run-off voting of the Lithuanian mayoral elections, as compared with the statistics in the first round two weeks ago, shows data provided by the Central Electoral Commission after polling stations closed at 8 p.m. […]
Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed the Lithuanian minister of the interior, requesting to find a Lithuanian child who was taken away from his mother in Norway. […]
A parliamentary initiative to set up a special commission on an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania failed on Thursday after 25 lawmakers revoked their initial signatures. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called on the country parliament to consider replacing leadership of the Central Electoral Commission before the general elections next year. The commission, she says, fails to respond to violations properly. […]
The Social Democratic political group in the Seimas will support the reintroduction of military conscription, says the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Advance voting in the second round of mayoral elections begins in Lithuania on 11 March. Voters can cast their votes at any polling stations in 60 municipalities of Lithuania. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania started its spring session on Tuesday. Congratulating lawmakers on the occasion, President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed decisions made during the autumn session, including those on defence spending and euro introduction. […]
Every MP will decide individually on the reintroduction of conscripts, there will be no agreement on the matter, Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Monday after a meeting of representatives of ruling parties. […]
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