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Algirdas Butkevičius, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Gabrielius Landsbergis

ELECTIONS. Crumbling Social Democrat lead. Analysis

October 4, 2016 DELFI 0

With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close pursuit. While there are a number of coalition variants being discussed, the final outcomes of this election are currently anyone’s guess. […]

Emigration a key topic in Seimas elections

October 4, 2016 BNS EN 0

Mass emigration from Lithuania has become a key topic in this year’s general elections, with most political parties vowing to create more well-paid jobs to lure people back home, but laying emphasis on different aspects of achieving this goal. […]

ELECTIONS. Vėsaitė (SocDems) and Abromavičius (Conservatives) debate economics

October 3, 2016 DELFI 0

Former Minister of Economy, Social Democrat (LSDP) Birutė Vėsaitė and Aivaras Abromavičius, former Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, now candidate for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), were featured in a live Delfi Balsuok 2016 debate on September 30. The main topic of the evening was economics and future plans in Seimas. […]

ELECTIONS. Frightening pace of emigration – what will be done?

September 30, 2016 LT Daily 0

A local Lithuanian community in Peterborough, UK numbers 9000 members. This is more people than live in Šakiai, Pakruojis or Širvintos. The city’s numerous Lithuanian restaurants and Polish stores have been immortalised by images taken […]

PM expects new Labour Code to improve Lithuania’s competitiveness

September 29, 2016 BNS EN 0

Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that Lithuania’s new Labour Code will significantly improve the country’s competitiveness after it comes into effect next January. […]

2017 budget planned with deficit of 0.6% of GDP

September 28, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s budget for 2017 is being planned with a small deficit that the European Commission is expected to approve if the country’s new Labour Code and other social protection system changes are recognized as structural reforms, Finance Minister Rasa Budbergytė said on Wednesday. […]

ELECTIONS. Populism and bankruptcy of value based politics. Analysis

September 28, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Seimas elections campaigning period is now almost over, having lasted since spring. The Alfa.lt news portal reviews the key factors and parties throughout the process First of all – the role of law enforcementThis […]

The big 3 Parties after the ELECTIONS – scenarios

September 28, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Politicians are eagerly awaiting the elections and keep repeating that regarding the coalition they will only count their chickens when they hatch. That is not quite reflective of reality. All participants in the political process […]

Why the new Labour Code is good for Lithuania. Interview

September 26, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

A newly adopted Labour Code is a signal to the investors that investment climate is improving in Lithuania. After the change, labour relations in the country will be more flexible, and this will create better conditions not only for investors but also for employees. At the same time more favourable conditions might be one of the incentives not to emigrate and stay in Lithuania, and this will increase the number of workers in the country. […]

ELECTIONS. Poll: Lithuania reacts to the new Labour Code

September 23, 2016 DELFI 0

The new Labour Code passed by the Seimas has not been well received by voters. Based on a poll by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus more than half of the respondents viewed the new Labour Code negatively. The negative perception of the code was found across the electorates of almost all parties, albeit less so among Social Democrat (LSDP) and Polish Electoral Action voters. […]

A bunch of amendments to Labour Code registered in Seimas

September 21, 2016 BNS EN 0

Just a week after the Lithuanian parliament overrode the president’s veto on the new Labour Code with a promise to improve the package, adopted in June, before next month’s general elections, lawmakers, mostly from the Social Democratic political group, have started putting forward amendments. […]

ELECTIONS. Parties’ pledges four years on

September 21, 2016 LT Daily 0

For each election citizens can read a number of lengthy party programmes with a series of promises from candidate parties, often fairly abstract promises to improve everything, with no substantiation as to how it will […]

ELECTIONS, London debate: Politicians promise dedicate constituencies and dual citizenship

September 20, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

To promote voting in general election this October amongst the diaspora, the Lithuanian Youth Association of the UK (JKLJS) with partners organized a political debate at the University College London. The event packed large Darwin hall with live streaming being watched by Lithuanians in the US, Netherlands and Norway. […]

ELECTIONS. Will Social Democrats stumble before elections?

September 20, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

“People first” is the slogan with which the Social Democrats (LSDP) entered power four years ago. Last week, however, the LSDP voted alongside a number of other parties to overrule the President’s veto of the […]

President signs Labour Code into Law: here are the main changes

September 19, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed the new Labour Code and accompanying amendments into law, the President’s Office said. Last week, the parliament overrode the presidential veto and kept the liberal version of the Labor Code it had adopted in June. The new code and the social model package will take effect at the start of 2017. […]

Artūras Černiauskas chairman of the Lithuanian Confederation of Trade Unions

Reactions to decision to reject president veto on Labour Code

September 15, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday overturned the presidential veto of a new Labour Code that was adopted by the Seimas in June, thus paving the way for the legislation aimed liberalizing labor relations to come into effect in early 2017. […]

The new Labour Code – what to expect

September 15, 2016 LT Daily 0

With the Seimas rejecting the President’s veto, the new Labour Code should come into power at the end of June next year. It contains a number of novelties ranging from new contract types to changes […]

Seimas overturns presidential veto of Labour Code

September 14, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday overturned President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of a new Labour Code, leaving in place the law that was passed in June. […]

Protest meeting in the front of the PM's office

Seimas committee backs president-proposed version of Labour Code

September 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s Social Security and Labor Committee has suggested backing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of the new Labour Code. […]

Seimas electoral debates begin with economics

September 14, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first debate featured representatives from the Order and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action – Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠP), Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The leaders of the Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Freedom Union and the coalition “Against corruption and poverty” were present with the other parties delegating representatives. […]