Jaroslaw Kaccynski

Conservative victory in Poland will make Vilnius-Warsaw relations more tense, political scientist says

The expected triumph of the right-wing Law and Justice party in Poland‘s parliamentary elections will likely make relations between Vilnius and Warsaw more tense, particularly on issues pertaining to ethnic minorities, says Professor Šarūnas Liekis of Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Lithuanian PM criticizes planned strikes at Polish-language schools as ‘politicizing’

The strike by teachers and pupils of ethnic minority schools is being fuelled by politicians of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a party drawing its electorate from Lithuania’s Polish-speaking population, the country’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]

No Picture
Society

Sociologist: Demonising Lithuania’s ethnic minorities is unfair and counter-productive

Russia‘s aggression in Ukraine has exposed Lithuania’s sloppiness in dealing with its own ethnic minorities. Research shows that, amidst media craze about the war in Ukraine, Lithuania’s Russian-speaking citizens get increasingly often depicted as a domestic risk, while their alleged disloyalty to the state is pinpointed as threat to Lithuania’s national security and territorial integrity. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics

Social Democrats still most popular party in Lithuania

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have the highest popularity ratings, a survey showed on Saturday. […]

Vilnius City Municipality
Politics

Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius

After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]

Mantas Adomėnas, Remigijus Šimašius
Politics

Liberals and conservatives agree on coalition in Vilnius

Representatives of the Liberal Movement and the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats agreed on Monday to seek setting up a ruling coalition in the capital city Vilnius. […]