Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ activity in the Seimas might run counter to the country’s Constitution due to his business interests. […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) parliamentary investigation and the accompanying “Farmer” and Conservative urgings to take up deeper analysis only show that this is simply the first stage of a conflict between […]
The conclusions of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence probe into business groups’ influence on politics, approved on Wednesday, have drawbacks but the probe itself was necessary, Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of the opposition Liberal Movement, says. […]
The Seimas of Lithuanian’s Committee on National Security and Defence [NSGK] probe into business groups’ influence on politics leave an impression of selectiveness and fragmentation, Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats [TS-LKD], says. […]
With the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation into suspect political and business links nearing its conclusion, the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken up on how the […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ongoing parliamentary investigation into businesses’ influence on political processes is selective as it does not cover links between the current ruling bloc and businesses. […]
The threat of breaking up is looming over the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Seimas group: some ten members may withdraw from it. Povilas Urbšys, who left the “Farmers” last week and could have […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is trying to direct attention from the political corruption case by casting a shadow with its statements calling on members of the ruling parties, active in the business area, to “very seriously consider” whether to stay in the parliament, Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says. […]
Povilas Urbšys is leaving the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s political group in the Lithuanian parliament after the latter decided against launching a probe into the situation in the agriculture sector. […]
Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says CEOs of the groups’ companies do not seek to influence political decisions. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania will not investigate the situation in the agriculture sector. The parliament made the decision after considering the opposition’s proposal to launch a parliamentary probe for a third time. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), is concerned about business’ influence on the country’s political system as well as attempts to change Lithuania’s geopolitical direction. […]
The public must receive answers about the situation in the agriculture sector, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday ratified the European Union and Canada‘s economic and trade agreements following ten months of deliberations, with 70 votes in favor, six against and 14 abstentions. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he is not worried about his political party’s dropping popularity ratings. […]
Tensions remain high in the Seimas this week, with the opposition settling its accounts and dependencies with the majority. This time there was an effort to prove positions via ad hoc investigative commissions, according to […]
Lithuania must defend its fertilizer producers and take measures to protect the domestic market, if it establishes cases of fertilizer imports bypassing anti-dumping customs fees applied in the European Union, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that “all shadows” concerning the performance of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) have to be eliminated. […]
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