Politics
Landsbergis re-elected to head Lithuanian conservatives
MP Gabrielius Landsbergis will continue heading the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the country’s largest opposition force. […]
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Parties agree to closer coordinate efforts to block Belarus’ N-plant
Leaders of Lithuanian parliamentary political parties on February 10 agreed on closer coordination of efforts to block electricity from a nuclear power plant that Belarus is building in Astravyets, just around 50 kilometers from Vilnius. […]
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Letters about Landsbergis spreading among the Conservatives
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, preparing for chairman elections next weekend, are known for not only the “celebration of democracy”, but also for the genre of epistolary campaigning, where politicians release public letters […]
Economy
Tourism Department chief resigning
Jurgita Kazlauskienė, director of the Lithuanian State Tourism Department, has announced plans to resign after meeting with Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius on Friday. […]
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Pavilionis – Trump is showing us good example in something
The outrage at the President of the United States is hardly understandable – some of Donald Trump’s statements barely differ from those of Ronald Reagan, lrt.lt reported. Such is the opinion of Homeland Union – […]
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Lithuania does all it can to help Ukraine – PM Skvernelis
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania is providing all forms of assistance to Ukraine and will continue to support the country. […]
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Landsbergis angers the Christian Democrats – unforeseen consequences can occur
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats incumbent chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis who is seeking to be re-elected to the post has angered the party‘s Christian Democrat wing by announcing during a debate in Utena that he […]
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The struggle for TS-LKD chairmanship begins
On 1 February the Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library featured the first debate of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) chairman election campaign, following the decision to hold the election earlier. Four candidates […]
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What will the Liberal-Conservative confrontation end in?
Having typically gone hand in hand the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have been finding it ever harder to find common ground. The Liberal’s unwillingness to […]
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Car rental scandal – will foundations of “Peasant’s” unity start to crumble?
Having been caught in the epicentre of scandal, Ramūnas Karbauskis’ ward Greta Kildišienė is relinquishing her Seimas member mandate – she has presented the Central Electoral Commission with her request to such effect. The opposition […]
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Bilotaitė withdraws from the TS-LKD chairmanship race
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats member Agnė Bilotaitė has chosen to abandon participation in the party chairman elections and has now called for support for the candidacy of incumbent Chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis, Alfa.lt reported. […]
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Lithuanian parties to agree on boycott of Belarusian electricity
Political parties of Lithuania intend to publish an agreement to commit to boycotting electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border. […]
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Saudargas – we’ve already lost liberal voters attracted by Landsbergis
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) party’s problems have remained throughout the leadership of both Andrius Kubilius and Gabrielius Landsbergis and without changes at the very top leadership the Conservatives will not eradicate their flaws. This is what one of the candidates to party chairmanship Paulius Saudargas. […]
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Will Landsbergis hold on to the Conservative throne?
The early Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat party chairman elections are gathering momentum. Five candidates have been confirmed – Gabrielius Landsbergis, Mykolas Majauskas, Agnė Bilotaitė, Paulius Saudargas and Žygimantas Pavilionis. They will vie for […]
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Political parties’ chairmanships crisis – who is next?
The Seimas elections have highlighted the chairmanship problems present among Lithuanian political parties. After election results came out, Social Democrat leader and former PM Algirdas Butkevičius said that he would resign from the post of […]
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New ratings – concerning trends
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
Politics
Five to compete in Homeland Union leader election
Five members of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have confirmed that they will run for the post of the conservative party’s leader in next month’ election. […]
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Atmosphere heating up in the TS-LKD – chairman campaign begins
In February it will become clear what the fate of current Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) Chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis will be; the party will vote for a new chairman. His main opponent is […]
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At least 2 to challenge Landsbergis in Conservatives leadership election
With less than a week to go before a deadline, 12 candidates have been proposed for the post of chairman of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and three of them, including the current leader of the country’s largest opposition party, say that are determined to fight to the finish. […]
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What to observe in Lithuanian politics in 2017
BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania. […]