Society
Seimas speaker unveils VDU plan to become national university
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, on Tuesday unveiled plans by Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) to become a national “umbrella” university. […]
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It‘s dropping fast: it has been worse only for the Conservatives
The ratings of Farmers and Greens Union are consistently decreasing: the process is much faster than for the Social Democrats, when in their last term they led the ruling coalition but the Farmer situation is […]
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Analysis of Karbauskis’ ultimatum to the Social Democrats
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 […]
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Poll: Kaunas Mayor Matijošaitis’ popularity is on the rise
The ratings of Kaunas mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis are growing, Vladas Gaidys, who is the director of public opinion and market research centre „Vilmorus” said to LRT radio. This politician rose from the sixth place to […]
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Conservatives on counter attack: do we still have a Government
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. […]
Politics
Popularity of ruling party on decline – poll
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its leaders is on the decline, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]
Politics
Conservatives propose to put alcohol sales restriction bill on hold
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. […]
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Poll: Landsbergis and Skvernelis meetings are beneficial but only for one of them
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 […]
Politics
Farmers remain most popular but down by 1/3 since January
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which triumphed in the last parliamentary elections, remains the country’s most popular political force, however, its ratings declined by a third since the beginning of the year, while the ruling Social Democrats and the opposition conservatives climbed on the popularity ladder, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]
Politics
PM sees no reasons for ruling coalition to break up
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no reasons for the ruling coalition of the Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) to break up. […]
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On the Skvernelis’ plan – Karbauskis will have no choice
The Prime Minister S. Skvernelis retorted to the newly elected chairman of the Social Democrats Gintautas Paluckas: he refused to meet him, and in his place met with the chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian […]
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What black cat has passed between G. Landsbergis conservatives and the Liberals?
When the scandal emerged that through the Parliament members’, liberal Gintaras Steponavičius set up a fund and its associated companies to legal person could finance the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS), public Conservative Party leader […]
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Steponavičius’ money laundering for liberals is only the tip of the iceberg
After the prosecutors submitted information about the concern MG Baltic carried out illegal funding through Liberal Movement MP Gintaras Steponavičius support fund and public institution “Center for Liberty Studies“, DELFI is offering access on which active political parties have created public organizations. […]
Politics
Farmers tops opinion poll, support for SocDems grows
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) tops the latest popularity rankings, followed by the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats in second place and by the Social Democrats (LSDP) in third, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]
Politics
Ruling Farmers remains Lithuania’s most popular party
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) continues to top popularity rankings, with 26 percent of respondents saying they would vote for it if general elections were held next Sunday, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
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Skvernelis thinking about a “rainbow”?
“I think that the Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is waiting for his supporters in the Parliament Farmer group will unify, gain strength, and then it will form a new coalition with the Social Democrats and […]
Politics
G. Landsbergis urges Steponavičius to resign as MP
The leader of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats is calling on Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, another opposition party, to resign as a member of the Seimas. […]
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What is the real reason behind Skvernelis’ and Karbauskis’ squabbles?
Even though not even six months have passes since the Parliament elections, the unity which was then demonstrated by Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leaders Ramūnas Karbauskis and Saulius Skvernelis relationship has hit a […]
Politics
Karbauskis convinced ruling bloc with SocDems will survive whole term
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that partnership with the Social Democrats would not fail, adding that there will be never coalition with the conservatives. […]
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Dual citizenship amendments openly violate Constitutional doctrine – Grybauskaitė
The amendments on dual citizenship drafted by the opposition conservatives openly run counter to the Constitutional doctrine, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]