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Seimas approves 2019 budget
Members of Seimas approved the 2019 state budget and municipal budget financial metric project on Tuesday with 84 MPs voting in favour, 41 against and 5 abstaining. […]
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Džiugelis leaves Lithuanian ruling party’s group in Seimas
Justas Džiugelis is leaving the political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) in the Seimas. […]
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Džiugelis tried to talk 20 MPs into leaving LVŽS group in Seimas – Karbauskis
The political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) in the Seimas will discuss expelling MP Justas Džiugelis after he tried to entice around 20 members to leave the group, the ruling party’s leader said on Friday. […]
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Ruling party leader registers resolution on new parliamentary probe
The chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) registered on Thursday a draft Seimas resolution that calls for a new parliamentary investigation into unlawful influence on political processes during the tenure of two previous governments. […]
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Lithuanian ruling party MPs want new probe into politics-business links
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s (LVŽS) political group in the Seimas has decided to initiate a new parliamentary investigation into links between politics and business as a follow-up to a probe conducted the Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK). […]
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The calm before the storm: a revolt brewing in the “Farmer” ranks
The threat of breaking up is looming over the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Seimas group: some ten members may withdraw from it. Povilas Urbšys, who left the “Farmers” last week and could have […]
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The final war of the term? What Skvernelis and Grybauskaitė‘s conflict means
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have come to blows. Their confrontation is already being described by analysts as a war, where no one can predict the victor. This could be a clash […]
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Kęstutis Girnius. Did the Seimas cast a challenge to the rule of law?
With the impeachment of M. Bastys failing in Seimas, a wave of outrage rippled forward, part earnest, part based on political considerations. Exchanges of polemic fire began. The majority and the opposition accused one another […]
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Clear signs of parliamentary crisis, but snap elections are unlikely
After the Seimas vote to impeach Mindaugas Bastys floundered due to a lack of votes despite the Constitutional Court ruling that the now former MP broke the Constitution and his oath, the majority, despite accusing […]
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M. Bastys’ impeachment: leaving Seimas with many unanswered questions
The political intrigues in Seimas and the vote held on March 13 regarding MP Mindaugas Bastys, who severely breached the Constitution, have been like purgatory: he is leaving Seimas with his head held high and […]