Polish girl with Lithuania's national flag
Politics

Half of MPs propose bill to allow non-Lithuanian alphabet in personal documents

Half of Lithuania’s parliamentarians have proposed a bill on spelling of first and last names that would allow the use of non-Lithuanian letters of the Latin alphabet in personal documents. […]

A Soviet film
Politics

Seimas to discuss bid of 90% of TV content to be provided in EU languages

Lithuania’s parliament has opened discussions in the requirement submitted by the opposition conservatives, suggesting that at least 90 percent of rebroadcast television content should be dubbed or subtitled in languages of the European Union (EU), however, voted down the amendment to earmark half of television air to European production. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis during the Seimas' elections campaign
CORPORATE

Farmers’ victory was not by random chance – strategic plan revealed

The Farmer and Greens Union won the Seimas elections by a landslide. A victory or at least good performance was expected, but not to this extent. After the elections the Farmer Greens, unlike other parties, […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Gabrielius Landsbergis
Politics

Conservatives call coalition ‘dysfunctional’, say open to talks on cooperation

Lithuania’s current government coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is not functioning properly, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats said on Monday, adding that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis can expect the opposition’s support to pass key reforms through the parliament. […]

Viktoras Pranskietis, Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis
Politics

Farmers see decline in ratings but remains most popular party

The confidence of Lithuania’s residents in the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has been declining for a few consecutive months, however, the party remains at the top of the popularity list, shows the latest Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]