Presidential elections 2019
Politics

Lithuanians want Skvernelis, Nausėda, Matijošaitis in presidential race

Lithuanian residents mainly want to vote for Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis in the 2019 presidential race, followed by economist Gitanas Nausėda and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, shows the latest poll conducted for BNS Lithuania news agency by RAIT pollster. […]

At a meeting of the SocDems council
Politics

Rebellious SocDem MPs ask party’s congress to annul council’s decision to withdraw from coalition

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s (LSDP) MPs who have opted to continue cooperation with the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), want the party’s congress to annul the decision by the party’s council to withdraw from the coalition. […]

Mindaugas Sinkevičius
Politics

SocDems should decide on working with parties under probe – Minster of Economy

Lithuania’s Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, a member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Wednesday urged the party to decide whether it can continue working in municipal coalitions with the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party that last week faced corruption suspicions. […]

Heating
Energy

Seimas to debate 9% VAT on heating, with final vote set for September 19

The Lithuanian parliament started on Thursday debates on a proposal to reintroduce a reduced 9 percent VAT rate on district heating in October through the end of the year. […]