European Parliament elections Archives

Lithuanians are only concerned with the size of MEP wages

June 20, 2019 Mačys Laurinkus 0

What were the European Parliament elections in Lithuania like? Easily predicted. The large parties won, EP veterans and more conspicuous than any other electoral campaign participant Aušra Maldeikienė won. As long as the EP exists, […]

Lithuanian former basketball star to run for seat in European Parliament

February 25, 2019 Xinhua 0

Šarūnas Marčiulionis, one of the Lithuanian basketball legends, is to run for a seat in the European Parliament with Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVZS), the party announced last week. […]

Russia's consul general to Klaipėda Vladimir Malygin, MP I. Rozova of the Russian Alliance iand MEP W. Tomaszewski of the Polish Election Action at a veterans meeting in Klaipėda

National security threats emerge when politicians will it

September 18, 2019 0

How things should be, but unfortunately currently aren’t. Information regarding member of Seimas Irina Rozova’s contacts with Russian diplomats, who were possibly performing intelligence gathering under diplomatic cover had to have been reviewed by the […]

The president’s honeymoon has ended

September 16, 2019 0

September 1 has arrived and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports’ negotiations with teachers’ unions have once more entered the heated phase Vytautas Bruveris wrote in lrytas.lt Already a few weeks ago, it turned […]

Irina Rozova and Viktoras Pranckietis. Photo Julius Kalinauskas 15min.lt

Eight MPs have lost permits to work with classified information

September 12, 2019 0

There are eight members of Seimas, who have lost their permits to work with classified information. The Seimas speaker cannot disclose who they are. A part of the parliamentarians lost their licenses because of a […]

There are many examples that show we are in the land devoid of ideas

September 9, 2019 0

Already in one other piece, I was left asking myself, whether we need snap elections. Immediately another question arose – what after? A return to this topic was spurred on by political scientist V. Laučius‘ […]

Nausėda: The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where there is a shadow

September 5, 2019 0

“The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where the darkest shadows lie. Our duty is to always and everywhere bring more light,” President Gitanas Nausėda said at the annual Valdas Adamkus Conference […]

Differences between Nausėda and Grybauskaitė becoming clearer: 1st month reveals contrasts

September 4, 2019 0

A month has passed with President Gitanas Nausėda in office, the so-called honeymoon. Compared to an analogous period of Dalia Grybauskaitė’s first term, the impression arises that the new head of state’s relations with both […]