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Court acquits former Lithuanian MP Matuzas in bribery case

July 24, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius Regional Court on Friday acquitted former member of the Lithuanian Seimas Vitas Matuzas in a bribery and fraud case. […]

The embassy of the Russian Federation in Vilnius

Lithuanians organize protest outside Russian Embassy over actions in Georgia

July 17, 2015 BNS 0

Around 50 people attended a rally organized by the opposition party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats near the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Friday, protesting against Moscow’s actions in Georgia and calling them “creeping occupation”. […]

Lithuania’s social democrats lose popularity as liberals’ rating continue up

July 13, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Social Democratic Party has inched down in June while the opposition Liberal Movement continues to strengthen its position, a survey for DELFI has revealed. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister might run for parliament

July 3, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius might run for parliament during the Seimas elections in 2016 and might be nominated by the now-ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania in the country’s second-largest city of Kaunas. […]

Lithuanian opposition parties to snub national agreement on emigration

June 26, 2015 BNS 0

A national agreement on emigration, initiated by Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party, has failed to secure the support of the country’s key political parties. Major opposition parties have no plans of signing it, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]

Lithuanian parliament committee okays use of Latin characters in name spelling

June 18, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Seimas’ Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday backed the use of Latin alphabet letters for the spelling of names and surnames of Lithuanian citizens in ID documents. […]

Majauskas to head conservative party in Vilnius

May 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Member of Vilnius City Municipality Council Mykolas Majauskas was elected Chairman of the Conference of Vilnius chapters of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). He received 56 percent of the vote on Thursday. […]

Social Democrats still most popular party in Lithuania

May 24, 2015 BNS 0

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have the highest popularity ratings, a survey showed on Saturday. […]

Lithuanian PM’s party and liberals top popularity ratings

May 19, 2015 DELFI 0

The ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania with 20.7 percent of respondents in a poll saying they would vote for the party if general elections were held soon. […]

Calls to grant head of state status for Vytautas Landsbergis

May 19, 2015 BNS 0

A draft declaration has been registered in the Lithuanian Seimas, calling for the status of a head of state to be granted to Vytautas Landsbergis, the country’s first post-Soviet leader and former president of the Supreme Council-Reconstitutent Seimas. […]

Lithuanian politicians propose turning to international court over Crimean annexation

May 19, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s conservative party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has suggested initiating a UN General Assembly resolution on turning to the International Court of Justice over Russia‘s annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]

Lithuanian parliament votes down proposal on defence advisers at embassies

May 12, 2015 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the government’s wish to have defence advisers working at the country’s embassies abroad. […]

Opinion: Leader and democracy

April 28, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

Nobody takes much notice when the leader of any Western country stays out of the public eye for a period of time. And this is because the state has a governance structure which provides for substituting one official with another, if need be, all the way to the top. […]

President’s adviser praises Lithuanian conservative party’s chairman election

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

An adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday commended the results of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ chairperson election, saying that such a renewal could become an example for other political parties as well. In weekend’s vote, the conservatives elected 32-year-old Gabrielius Landsbergis as their new leader. […]

Conservative veteran Jurgis Razma: “Political windfall might prove too heavy for Gabrielius Landsbergis”

April 23, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has drawn some irk from Jurgis Razma, one of the light-weight contenders in the race. […]

Irena Degutienė, Gabrielius Landsbergisr

Lithuanian conservative party will hold run-off voting in leadership pick

April 20, 2015 BNS 0

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) will need run-off voting to elect its new chairperson. MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis came in a few dozen votes short of 50 percent of the vote in the first round of election this weekend. […]

MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis leads in Lithuania’s conservative leadership run

April 20, 2015 BNS 0

MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis is leading the elections for chairman of the largest opposition party, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), but it was unclear on Monday morning whether he managed to win in the first round of voting. […]