The newly elected social democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas on Saturday presented his conditions, according to which he would like to continue working with Farmer and greens Union, which is a partner in the coalition. Firstly, […]
Conflicts in the Parliament between Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis are becoming more frequent. The two main leaders of the ruling majority did not agree on […]
The meetings between the Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Conservative leader Gabrielius Landsbergis, whose content is unknown to the Farmers may lead to a larger gap in the coalition with the Social democrats or even […]
„Two wars are happening at the time. The nearly World War in Syria, where a number of states are involved, and in Ukraine. Is it possible for the latter travel closer to us? I do […]
A part of members of Seimas are considering the possibility to reduce the vote requirement for parties based on ethnic minorities. According to one of the idea‘s backers Andrius Kubilius of the Conservatives, this would […]
The European Union‘s foundation agreement marks its 60th anniversary on March 25. It was signed by just six states then. Today the Union is comprised of 27 states and around 500 million citizens. The 60th […]
Lithuania’s MEP Zigmantas Balčytis has decided to give up his mandate to pursue an international career, the politician confirmed to BNS. […]
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) decided during their congress that the party chairman should be elected in open elections, similarly to the proceedings of the US presidential elections. The hope is that […]
The “Farmers” are planning changes to the Constitution that will prevent members of Seimas from being cabinet ministers, as well as reducing the number of members of Seimas to 101 and holding Seimas elections not […]
Lithuania’s parliament should this week start setting up a task force that should control the implementation of the agreement among political parties to block construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Belarus. […]
Members of Seimas have been clamouring that the government is doing too little in order to obstruct the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant which poses a serious threat to Lithuania. According to the […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday met with representatives of various political groups of the country’s parliament, urging them to pool their efforts over the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus some 50 km from Vilnius. […]
The coming 45th President of the United States of America Donald Trump could be the first to end up in a major conflict with his own country’s intelligence services. On Wednesday he did concede that Russia is the country which performed hacks of the Democrat party’s computer systems. He did not, however, admit that Vladimir Putin was aiming to influence election results in his favour. D. Trump also categorically denied reports from CNN and the Buzz Feed that V. Putin could have compromising information regarding Trump. […]
Facing a leadership crisis and internal bickering, the members of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) have snapped – the decision to join a coalition with Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants” is being described as a mistake […]
Lithuanian politicians describe as “a slap in the face” a proposed legal amendment in Poland that would equate “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime, saying that if it is adopted, Lithuania-related monuments may start to be demolished in the neighboring country. […]
Lithuanian diplomats are concerned about draft amendments being debated by the Polish parliament that would equate “Lithuanian nationalism” to a totalitarian regime, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Thursday. […]
Amid changes in the United States administration, a group of Lithuanian MPs said after returning from a visit to the US that Lithuania should raise funding for maintaining ties with the strategic partner and making of new contacts. They say the regional priority should be cooperation with the neighboring Poland. […]
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