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Who will have a casting vote at the newly elected European Parliament?

June 3, 2019 Petras Austrevicius 0

There is no clear answer to this question, and this happens probably for the first time in the entire history of the European Parliament elections. For the first time since 1979, the alliance of the […]

Group of MEPs express concern over Seimas’ scrutiny of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT

January 23, 2018 BNS 0

A group of members of the European Parliament have expressed their concern over the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary commission to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). […]

Philosopher Donskis passes away

September 21, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s former MEP, philosopher Leonidas Donskis, passed away on Wednesday morning. […]

Irina Rozova and Viktoras Pranckietis. Photo Julius Kalinauskas 15min.lt

Eight MPs have lost permits to work with classified information

September 12, 2019 0

There are eight members of Seimas, who have lost their permits to work with classified information. The Seimas speaker cannot disclose who they are. A part of the parliamentarians lost their licenses because of a […]

There are many examples that show we are in the land devoid of ideas

September 9, 2019 0

Already in one other piece, I was left asking myself, whether we need snap elections. Immediately another question arose – what after? A return to this topic was spurred on by political scientist V. Laučius‘ […]

Nausėda: The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where there is a shadow

September 5, 2019 0

“The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where the darkest shadows lie. Our duty is to always and everywhere bring more light,” President Gitanas Nausėda said at the annual Valdas Adamkus Conference […]

Differences between Nausėda and Grybauskaitė becoming clearer: 1st month reveals contrasts

September 4, 2019 0

A month has passed with President Gitanas Nausėda in office, the so-called honeymoon. Compared to an analogous period of Dalia Grybauskaitė’s first term, the impression arises that the new head of state’s relations with both […]

USA expert: in case of a Russian attack, a clear defence plan for the Baltic states does not exist

September 3, 2019 1

China and Russia are the biggest headaches for the USA, but if Russia crosses the line in the Baltic countries, USA and NATO alliance partners would not hesitate, says Matthew Kroenig, an expert from the […]

The principles of Lithuanian politics: a new saviour isn’t necessarily new

September 2, 2019 0

Lithuania is certainly not among the main players in international politics, where everyone is primarily self-interested. Thus, the country has to be particularly active and wise, otherwise, we may be left standing around regretfully at […]