Politics
PM feels “reserved” about his party’s dropping ratings
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he is not worried about his political party’s dropping popularity ratings. […]
Farmers and Greens
Politics
TS-LKD widens gap with “farmers” – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats remain the most popular party in Lithuania and its lead over the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), which came in second in April, has increased, according to a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday. […]
CORPORATE
Honorary LSDP member points out a leader, who could reunite the split party
The Social Democrats and the recently founded Social Democrat Labourites are like cat and dog. Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas has described his former colleagues, who withdrew from the party to found their own as […]
European Union
Seimas pauses in ratification of EU-Canada trade deal
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday decided to take a pause in the adoption of a resolution for ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada. […]
Foreign affairs
Ratification of EU-Canada trade deal makes headway in Seimas
After 10 months of discussions in parliamentary committees, ratifiacion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada is making headway in the Lithuanian parliament. […]
CORPORATE
The final war of the term? What Skvernelis and Grybauskaitė‘s conflict means
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have come to blows. Their confrontation is already being described by analysts as a war, where no one can predict the victor. This could be a clash […]
Politics
Opposition targeting PM, agiculture minister
As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government. […]
CORPORATE
‘Kremlin’s friends’ exposed
Mindaugas Puidokas, Karbauskis‘ ally and fellow party member, has sent a letter to the Secretary General and all the delegations of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly complaining against the recently-appointed President of the Assembly, Rasa Juknevičienė. […]
European Union
Seimas takes another break in approval of EU-Canada free trade deal
Lithuania’s parliament is again stalling in the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada after the ruling Farmers and Greens Union requested yet another break. The issue has been postponed until Thursday, at the earliest. […]
CORPORATE
Did Skvernelis act wisely? Tensions growing between Grybauskaitė and the ruling coalition
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ decision to propose lawyer Giedrius Danėlius as minister of justice is being described as the majority’s challenge to the president. “But who will be left with a bloodied nose after this […]
Politics
No new conditions in coalition deal with Lithuanian SocDem Labor party – Karbauskis
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly. […]
CORPORATE
The prime minister needs party support, thus B. Markauskas may remain
The news reported by the 15min.lt news portal that the minister of agriculture cultivated land without its owner’s permission and received European funding on behalf of his mother has become yet another challenge to the […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian favourites surfacing: “Farmers” may have a plan B
Saulius Skvernelis is increasingly viewed as suitable for the post of prime minister, but in presidential candidate ratings, he is increasingly far behind the favourite candidate, economist Gitanas Nausėda. Based on a Spinter Tyrimai survey […]
Politics
Justice Ministry registers Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party
The Justice Minister registered on Thursday the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP, a new political party founded after last year’s split in the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
Politics
Nausėda, Matijošaitis, Skvernelis top poll on possible presidential candidates – media
Economist Gitanas Nausėda, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis top the list of people viewed as possible candidates for next year’s presidential election in Lithuania, according to the latest opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Friday. […]
Politics
PM: president’s criticism makes it hard for agriculture minister to stay on
After President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas can no longer remain in office, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it would difficult for the minister to stay on. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP complains to NATO chief over Juknevičienė’s Facebook posts
Mindaugas Puidokas, a lawmaker of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), said that he has turned to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly over Rasa Juknevičienė‘s statements regarding his party. […]
Society
Some 150 people rally for higher pensions in Vilnius
Around 150 people staged a rally outside the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on Thursday to demand higher pensions. […]
CORPORATE
Newest ratings: leaders surface, unfazed by scandals
The scandals, which seem to come every day, linked to both the “Farmers” and the Conservatives, have failed to cause significant harm to either party’s ratings. Meanwhile the new Social Democrat Labour Party of Gediminas […]
Politics
Agriculture minister to decide on staying in post after meetings with PM, ruling party
Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Thursday that he will decide on whether to remain in his post next week after meeting with the prime minister and the ruling party’s political group in the Seimas. […]