Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party won the highest number of votes in the elections to local governments overall on Sunday, but are behind right-wing parties in the country’s largest cities, according to preliminary election results published early on Monday. […]
Poland should make an effort to ensure the rights of Lithuanian Poles, but also promote their involvement in Lithuania’s statehood, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has said. […]
Another series of Russian provocations involving the Baltic states, related to the Ukraine war, makes so-called hybrid war scenario more and more realistic within the region of the Baltic Sea. The incidents that took place so far, such as the Internet existence of “People’s Republic of Vilnius” or the hooligan attacks on the Polish Embassy in Vilnius, seem to suggest that the Kremlin is going to use the Polish minority of Lithuania, along with the tough history of the Polish-Lithuanian relations, as the basis for its activities, aim of which would be to destabilize the region. […]
The Ethnic Minority Law would help ensure rights for ethnic minorities in Lithuania, and the parliament should reopen the bill in its spring session, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Do Lithuania’s ethnic Russian citizens make integration into the society a priority or do they do quite the opposite, using the privileges of Lithuanian citizenship and leaning nevertheless toward Mother Russia? Is being Russian not just a question of blood and faith but also of identifying with Russian civilization and a fragmented nation that must be united? […]
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s proposed amendments on fighting hostile propaganda. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Pubic Information, changing the way the commission for media ethics is formed. […]
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance will form a coalition for the upcoming local elections in Lithuania in 2015. […]
Is it worth it to frighten the Lithuanian citizens with war? This question is not as simple as it seems, as some citizens are convinced that it is necessary to constantly remind people that Russia is a threat because this is the only factor that can force Lithuanian politicians to act statesmanlike and work to strengthen the foundations of the country. […]
The Council of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania is nominating its leader Valdemar Tomaševski to run for the post of Vilnius mayor, the politician himself confirmed to BNS on Wednesday. […]
If general elections were held now, 18.8 percent of people would vote for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday voted down the version of the Ethnic Minority Law, proposed by the conservatives, which would have banned bilingual street and location signs. […]
Rokas Masiulis, the CEO of Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil) who was on Monday appointed as the country’s new energy minister, says that he has already discussed the energy sector’s prospects with Loreta Graužinienė, the leader of the Labour Party which delegated him to the post. […]
Renata Cytacka, the controversial former deputy minister of energy delegated by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), will try her luck in the election for a vacant seat in Parliament. […]
The Russian government’s statements about the allegedly bad situation of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states are alarming, says Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. She also thinks that some local politicians exaggerate problems of Lithuania’s ethnic minorities to make them appear worse than they actually are. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė came to Šalčininkai, a town where Polish-speakers make up nearly three quarters of the population, to take part in a harvest festival held on Sunday. Claiming she did not want to start any political discussions on ethnic minority issues, the president said that she equally loved all people of Lithuania. […]
Members of the political group of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) have registered a new ethnic minority bill, which would allow broad official use of the minority language and bilingual signs, as well as put the state under the obligation to provide financial support to ethnic minorities. […]
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