Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, or VRK, and other members of the election body must dispel doubts about the transparency of their decisions, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
Kęstutis Pūkas, who resigned as a member of the Lithuanian parliament just before a vote on his impeachment earlier this month, will be replaced by Ona Valiukevičiūtė, the next-in-line candidate on the Order and Justice party‘s list in the 2016 Seimas elections. […]
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė. […]
Lithuania’s law-enforcement on Thursday announced having completed the pre-trial investigation in the political corruption case of one of the country’s largest business concerns MG Baltic and two political parties, the Liberal Movement and the Labour Party. […]
Vilnius prosecutors have sent the country’s Central Electoral Commission some new information about suspected illegal funding of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s parliamentary election campaign, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday. […]
With a week left to the Liberal Movement (LS) congress, only two candidates are officially aiming for the seat of chairman. Their chances to win are viewed as even and the weaknesses of both pretenders […]
MP Eugenijus Gentvilas, caretaker chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has confirmed that he will run for the post of the opposition party’s leader in next month’s election. […]
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will not be eliminated and will continue operations, with the new leader to be elected in congress, not by way of direct election, the embattled party’s council decided in Vilnius on Saturday. […]
The first and second rounds of the 2019 presidential elections is the best time for holding a referendum on dual citizenship, says Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]
Leaders of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement tends to preserve the party, however, the final decision will be made by the party’s council next week, says acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas. […]
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement is losing a six-month grant from the state budget, i.e., around 395,000 euros, for gross violation of financing rules, the Central Electoral Commission decided on Thursday. […]
Remigijus Šimašius‘ decision to resign from leadership of the Liberal Movement should not affect the public opinion about the party, however, a new strong leader is needed solve the crisis emerging in the party, says Ainė Ramonaitė, professor at the Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]
During the parliamentary election campaign last year, Lithuania’s Liberal Movement received a non-monetary contribution from a legal entity, the Institute of Applied Politics established by the party’s former member Šarūnas Gustainis, the Central Electoral Commission concluded on Thursday. […]
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. […]
A task force of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has proposed finding the Liberal Movement guilty of gross violations of the law on financing of the election campaign, VRK leader Laura Matjošaitytė confirmed to BNS. […]
Financial obligations of Lithuania’s political parties that ran for the 2016 general elections have narrowed by a factor of three, however, the total debt remains at an impressive 482,000 euros, Lietuvos Rytas daily said, citing data from the Central Electoral Commission. […]
The Lithuanian parliament has appointed Laura Matjošaitytė, deputy to incumbent chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, to head the election watchdog. The commission was approved two members short of its full line-up. […]
The Conservatives and “Farmers” have clashed over the composition of the new Central Electoral Commission (VRK). The State Governance and Municipal Committee (VVSK) has ruled to approve the VRK composition without Conservative delegate, Druskininkai municipal […]
Laura Matjošaitytė, currently deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, is likely to be nominated as the next head of the election watchdog. […]
The Seimas has once again brought up the idea to prohibit parties from politicising the Chief Electoral Commission’s (VRK) work. Politicians have pledged to detach from VRK work a number of times already, but this […]
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