Presidential elections 2019
Politics

Lithuanians want Skvernelis, Nausėda, Matijošaitis in presidential race

Lithuanian residents mainly want to vote for Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis in the 2019 presidential race, followed by economist Gitanas Nausėda and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, shows the latest poll conducted for BNS Lithuania news agency by RAIT pollster. […]

Eligijus Masiulis ir Šarūnas Gustainis
Politics

Election task force sees EUR 45,000 as non-monetary donation to Liberals

The 45,336 euros in the costs of the training organized by an Institute of Applied Politics owned by Šarūnas Gustainis, former MP and former member of the Liberal Movement, for the party should be recognized as non-monetary contribution, says a task force established by the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, saying that parties would otherwise get a green light to conceal some of their financing sources. […]

At the Social Democratic Party's Council
Politics

SocDem Seimas group includes both party members, disobedient MPs

The political group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party for now includes both members of the party and those who have been expelled from the party over signing the cooperation agreement with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union against the party’s will. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
Politics

Paluckas overestimates himself by speaking about new SocDem era – Girnius

The statements by the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s leader Gintautas Paluckas about the end of the old era with exit of a few influential veterans overestimate his potential, says reviewer Kęstutis Girnius. […]