“We see the Social Democrats as being in a very convenient situation – being in the coalition, not voting for strategic reform, occupying the posts of ministers and committee chairmen, using all the privileges, but […]
Today marks eight years of President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the post of head of state. In recent years of her second term she continued to adhere to her style and methods of work – criticizing […]
There are often complaints that Lithuanian political parties do not renew themselves, the same politicians keep getting re-elected to Seimas, youth or new faces, who have fresh ideas, are not allowed in. These complaints have […]
Juozas Olekas, a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party‘s (LSDP) political group in the Seimas, has accused the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the senior coalition partner, and the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats of trading in influence. […]
The leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) says that the makeup of the government coalition remains unchanged after the senior coalition partner on Tuesday signed a deal with the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats under which the opposition party will back the government’s planned state forest management reform in exchange for a reduced VAT rate on district heating and hot water services. […]
The Seimas Committee of Environmental Protection has struck a blow to the cabinet in its deliberations of the Forestry Law amendments. The cabinet reform proposal has been refused and instead a Social Democrat proposal is […]
“The stress test of our coalition with the “Farmers” will be in autumn during the formation of the budget. Then we will see how to act,” Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas told LRT.lt when asked […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė poured on criticism on the cabinet and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis following her meeting with opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Seimas group leader Gabrielius Landsbergis. This was revealed following a […]
The “Farmer” forest and forestry reform is getting increasingly bogged down. Though the party and Seimas group leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is attempting to spark a faith in everyone that by extending the Seimas session, the […]
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers propose that the Seimas should formally invite Polish, Latvian and Estonian parliamentarians to join initiatives to block electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus. […]
The eighth annual state of the nation by Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė precisely specified the faults of the ruling bloc and revealed the threats, say members of the parliamentary opposition. […]
Lithuania’s conservative MP Rokas Žilinskas passed away in the Vilnius University’s Santaros Clinic after a complicated disease, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the head of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, confirmed to BNS. […]
Lithuanian citizens are usually asked, who they would vote for if the elections would take place in the near future. However, when they’re asked the opposite, which party has no chance and what people have […]
Laura Matjošaitytė, currently deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, is likely to be nominated as the next head of the election watchdog. […]
We might get the impression that the current Government of Social Democrats and Farmer Government stands on the verge of falling apart. Farmer leader Ramūnas Karbauskis on Friday demanded for the Social Democrats to support […]
Chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) Ramūnas Karbauskis isn’t backing down: will demand that the Social Democrats support all the proposed restrictions on the alcohol sales. Otherwise, R. Karbauskis warns that there […]
Leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Gabrielius Landsbergis when talking about the increasingly stopping Government reforms retorted: there is no majority in the Parliament and Saulius Skvernelis is leading a minority Government. […]
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats proposes that the parliament temporarily suspend debates on a controversial package aimed at sharply reducing access to alcohol until political groups in the Seimas reach consensus and muster enough votes to pass the legislation. […]
Farmers and Greens Union led by Ramūnas Karbauskis is the most popular political force but its ratings have decreased by a third from the beginning of the year. At the same time the Social Democrats […]
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