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  • Politics

Former Vilnius mayor suggests joining forces with Liberal Movement

Former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas, leader of the Lithuanian Freedom Union, says his party is planning to approach the Liberal…

9 years ago
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  • Opinion

Liberals need to think differently to make gains from second place

The Liberal Movement are securely the second-most popular party in Lithuania after the Social Democrats, according to opinion polls, but…

9 years ago
  • Energy
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government must halt Belarus nuclear plant, say former heads of state

Two former Lithuanian leaders – ex-president Valdas Adamkus and the country's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis – have urged the…

9 years ago
  • Sports

Financial investigators raid Lithuanian Football Federation offices after accusations of embezzlement

Officers from the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) carried out searches of the headquarters of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF)…

9 years ago
  • Politics

MEP Guoga does not give up plans to run for Seimas despite dual citizenship issue

A Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, Antanas Guoga, who has Australian citizenship, has recently discovered that Lithuanian laws do…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian Social democratic MP suggest more taxes on below-minimum wage

The Lithuanian parliament will discuss a proposal of Deputy Parliament Speaker Algirdas Sysas, a social democrat, that employers who pay…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian liberals re-elect party leader on platform of tax cuts and e-voting

Lithuania's Liberal Movement re-elected the party's current leader Eligijus Masiulis for another term in the position during the party congress…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s incumbent MP most popular candidate to continue in the post

With a full year still remaining until the next Lithuanian parliamentary elections, incumbent Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius retains high approving…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM criticises liberals over their stance on loan to Lithuanian Shipping Company

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says Eligijus Masiulis, the leader of the Liberal Movement, made a populist decision to oppose efforts…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Opposition on president’s address: She does not expect problems to be solved by this government

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not say much about the government's work in her State of the Nation Address on…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM’s party and liberals top popularity ratings

The ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania with 20.7 percent of respondents in a poll…

10 years ago
  • Politics

9 MPs register bill on same-sex partnership

Nine Lithuanian MPs representing the Social Democratic and Liberal party groups have registered a bill to allow same-sex partnership. [...]

10 years ago
  • Politics

Liberal Movement demands for rerun elections in Trakai District

The Liberal Movement has referred to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), asking to annul election results in Trakai District and…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s Social Democrats lose popularity but retain lead in opinion polls

If general elections were held now, 18.8 percent of people would vote for the Social Democratic Party (LSDP). [...]

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian politicians react to Estonia’s same-sex partnership law: One area we do not wish to be Baltic leaders

Lithuanian politicians say they have no plans to follow Estonia's example in legalizing same-sex partnerships. [...]

10 years ago
  • Politics

Liberal MP proposes to extend VAT exemptions on heating

Liberal Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Eligijus Masiulis registered a draft law proposing to temporarily extend the reduced VAT rate…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Liberal MP: Government must step in to save ORLEN Lietuva

If there is ever a threat of the oil refinery in Mažeikiai closing down, the government must urgently step in,…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Agreement on Rail Baltica – too little to be joyful about?

The three Baltic States reached consensus on the inclusion of Vilnius into the European rail gauge Rail Baltica 2 but…

10 years ago