Gabrielius Landsbergis
European Union

Lithuanian conservative leader expresses solidarity with Merkel on refugee crisis

The congress of the European People‘s Party in Madrid has turned into a meeting of conservative leaders to discuss the refugee crisis, a divisive issue for European conservatives. Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the Lithuanian Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that his party supports Angela Merkel‘s idea of solidarity, but also questions the sustainability of proposed solutions. […]

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European Union

Who are most active and passive Lithuanian MEPs

Lithuanian MEPs Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Zigmantas Balčytis of the Social Democrats and Liberal Antanas Guoga were the country’s most active members in the European Parliament over the 1st year of their term, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

Linas Linkevičius
European Union

Lithuanian foreign minister criticises proposal to pick refugees by nationality

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has criticised the idea that the country should pick refugees to accept based on their country of origin. […]

Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama
Opinion

Opinion: Leader and democracy

Nobody takes much notice when the leader of any Western country stays out of the public eye for a period of time. And this is because the state has a governance structure which provides for substituting one official with another, if need be, all the way to the top. […]

Jurgis Razma
Politics

Conservative veteran Jurgis Razma: “Political windfall might prove too heavy for Gabrielius Landsbergis”

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has drawn some irk from Jurgis Razma, one of the light-weight contenders in the race. […]

Viktoras Uspaskichas
Politics

MEP says Uspaskich should trust decisions of Lithuanian courts

After the European Parliament has revoked legal immunity of founder of the Labour Party Viktor Uspaskich, another Member of the European Parliament, Antanas Guoga, has told his colleague to trust Lithuanian courts. […]