With the pandemic simmering out in Lithuania, voters have rated both the ruling politicians and those in the opposition, Lrytas.lt wrote in its editorial section Laiko ženklai. The Social Democrats, who elected MEP V. Blinkevičiūtė […]
The discussion Lithuanian Foreign Policy Outlook, where President G. Nausėda answered questions presented by the director of the Eastern Europe Studies Centre L. Kojala and others, convinced me that it should absolutely be the president […]
The protracted dispute between the ruling Conservatives and President Gitanas Nausėda on representation at the European Council might have roots somewhere altogether different. Sources say that the conflict began when the ruling bloc began forming […]
The topic of the welfare state gained more attention in the country last year, when the incumbent Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda shared his vision of Lithuania as a strong, just, green and innovative welfare state, […]
With President Gitanas Nausėda refusing to appoint former ministers, who held significant public trusts, to ambassador positions, experts note that the president has already promised some of the pledges that accompanied him into the elections […]
Good news for Lithuanian foreign policy – President G. Nausėda seeks for a Belarus strategy to be created. We have not had one before, it’s not clear we will ever get one, but the intentions […]
President Gitanas Nausėda convened a meeting of the Foreign Policy Coordination Council to discuss key priorities and objectives in foreign policy in 2021, the President‘s Communication Group wrote in a press release. “We are a […]
Former President D. Grybauskaitė demanded English language skills from minister candidates, just no one knows based on what scale – up to five or ten points. By the way, the current minister of national defence […]
Having returned the Conservatives to power with the help of Ingrida Šimonytė, Gabrielius Landsbergis wishes to become a minister for a specific purpose – political experts do not dismiss the possibility that he is nurturing […]
On November 11, neighbouring Poland marked its Independence Day. Just like Lithuania, the neighbouring country reclaimed its independence in 1918, but Polish-Lithuanian relations have varied greatly, Viktorija Rimaitė wrote in lrytas.lt. While it is recognised […]
The Conservatives are like the “Farmers” and the new Seimas is akin to the old, just symmetrically flipped from left to right. This comparison comes to mind when looking at the recently minted Seimas election […]
NATO member states have finally signed a renewed defence plan for Poland and the Baltic States, which has been awaited for a decade. While its details are classified, the alliance’s secretary-general hinted that the region […]
President Gitanas Nausėda is increasingly often reproached for being too passive, and a “search for the president” is being announced ironically. Despite the fact that during the first presidential year, G. Nausėda spoke to the […]
There’s still a good eight months to the Seimas elections; however, preparations are ongoing for them not only among the “Farmers”, who declared it but also by the president. Announcing that the election season has […]
Every Seimas elections bring new, non-traditional political parties into public view. And while some of these political movements often are laughable and might be hard to take seriously, sometimes these parties take sway over voters’ […]
Speaking at the annual Eastern European Studies Centre conference, President Gitanas Nausėda stated that Lithuania has no other choice than to invest in its defence. The head of state emphasised that we should not fool […]
To force the hubristic Turkish President R. T. Erdogan to withdraw is more comfortable than to unseat J. Narkevičius from the post of minister of transport and communications. That’s probably how we can describe the […]
This is the first visit by this Ukrainian head of state in Lithuania and the first bilateral meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda. Both heads of state were elected at around the same time and […]
If actions would be made consistently, President G. Nausėda should veto the Seimas’ decision to lower the electoral bar for parties to 3% and 5% for coalitions. The ruling coalition will likely reject the veto. […]
Several decades ago, hostile parties would meet on a Havel river bridge in Germany and exchange captive intelligence operatives. This helped maintain a balance during the Cold War between clashing states and regain spies, who […]
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