Artūras Zuokas
Politics

6 candidates of Vilnius mayor’s party suspected of buying votes in Trakai

Six candidates of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), headed by Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, are suspected of organizing buying of votes in the elections to the Trakai district municipal council. […]

No to corruption
Politics

Lithuania seeks to be among most transparent EU countries by 2025

Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Service (STT) Romas Zienka says that in 2025 Lithuania should come within the top 10 of the most transparent member states of the European Union. […]

Vilnius City Municipality
Politics

Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius

After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]

Remigijus Šimašius
Politics

Liberals emerging as Lithuania’s major party, political experts say

Increasing popularity of the Liberal Movement is the main take-away from Sunday’s local elections in Lithuania, political experts say. […]

Savivaldos rinkimai
Politics

More responsibility and problems for first shift of directly-elected mayors in Lithuania

Directly-elected mayors will have the same powers they have now but they will also have a double amount of responsibility on their shoulders, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says. Meanwhile opposition leader Andrius Kubilius warns that the new system of local elections will spell more problems for the new mayors who will have to closely cooperate with city councils. […]