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Liberal MP to face the incumbent in Vilnius mayor run-offs

Liberal MP Remigijus Šimašius and incumbent Mayor Artūras Zuokas will face one another in the run-off election for Vilnius mayor,…

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Higher early voting turnout in Lithuania’s local elections

Higher early voting turnout has been reported in Lithuania's municipal and the first direct mayoral elections this year as compared…

10 years ago
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Poll cards handed in to 92,000 voters in Lithuania so far

With nearly two weeks remaining to municipal and mayoral elections, poll cards are being distributed to voters in Lithuania. [...]

10 years ago
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Lithuanian court revokes election watchdog’s decision to bar Briton from local elections

The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court on Friday satisfied a plea filed by British citizen Mark Adam Harold against the decision…

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23 parties to contend in Lithuania’s 2015 municipal elections

According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March…

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14,000-16,000 candidates to run for 1,500 municipal offices in Lithuania’s local elections

In 60 municipalities Lithuanians will elect 1,524 councillors, including 60 mayors, in the upcoming municipal elections on 1 March 2015,…

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Lithuanian election commissions start accepting applications for local elections

Election commissions in Lithuania start on Saturday accepting applications for the upcoming local elections next year. [...]

10 years ago
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Parliament speaker critical of restrictions on citizens’ referendum initiatives

Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives…

10 years ago
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Lithuania begins municipal elections campaign

On Wednesday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has announced the beginning of the electoral campaign for 2015 municipal elections. [...]

10 years ago
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Controversial former vice-minister Cytacka to run for vacant parliament seat

Renata Cytacka, the controversial former deputy minister of energy delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), will…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian Order and Justice party 290,000 euros in debt after EP elections

Lithuania's Order and Justice party, which has won two mandates in the European Parliament, has been left with a debt…

10 years ago
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Lithuanian court rules against euro referendum

Efforts to hold a referendum on Lithuania’s switchover to the euro and to preserve the current national currency, the litas,…

10 years ago
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Referendum Law violates Lithuanian Constitution, court rules

The provision of the Referendum Law, which obligates the parliament to call a referendum, even if the proposal is possibly…

10 years ago
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Voter turnout of failed referendum at 14.98%

On Thursday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) confirmed the official results of the failed referendum which took place on 29…

10 years ago
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Land sale ban referendum fails in Lithuania due to record-low turnout

The referendum on a ban of sale of agricultural land to foreigners and legal entities, held in Lithuania on Sunday,…

10 years ago
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Under 7% of Lithuanians have voted in land sale ban referendum by 1p.m.

Only 6.44 percent of eligible voters have expressed their will at 1p.m. in the referendum on a proposed ban to…

10 years ago
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Land sale ban referendum will fail – Lithuanian PM

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes the referendum on a ban of sale of agricultural land to foreigners in Lithuania,…

10 years ago