Suspicions have been brought against Arūnas Cicėnas, a co-owner of the road marking firm Kasandros Grupė, as part of a law-enforcement probe into suspected influence peddling in the Lithuanian Supreme Court’s hearing of the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping case, according to unofficial information available to BNS. […]
A pre-trial investigation in which Rita Aliukonienė, head of the First Division of Criminal Prosecution at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office, is suspected of influence peddling is related to the hearing of the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s case by the Supreme Court, officials at the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday […]
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has become hostage to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and if R. Karbauskis were to bicker against the latter, he will ruin the LVŽS Seimas group, […]
In order to not vanish from Lithuanian political life the Labour Party and the Order and Justice Party have to take up clear value positions, furthermore they should consider finding stronger leaders. Such are recommendations […]
The Seimas elections knocked out all three political powers previously in the majority – the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP). The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Social Democrats (TS-LKD) […]
Živilė Pinskuvienė, the mayor of the Širvintos district, was elected as the new leader of the Lithuanian Labour Party on Sunday. […]
A honeymoon. Thusly political scientists comment on voters’ attitudes to the victors of the Seimas elections, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) whose ratings continue to rise and have currently reached 26.8%. The Liberal Movement’s ratings are also rising, while the Social Democrats’ popularity continues to decrease, while the Conservatives could be said to be stagnating. […]
The Lithuanian Supreme Court on Thursday concluded hearings in the Labour Party’s fraudulent bookkeeping case and is expected to issue its ruling on Decemer 30.The court’s ruling will be final and not subject to appeal. […]
The departing government of Algirdas Butkevičius has poor relations with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The head of state did not miss opportunities to sting or ridicule the Social Democrat-led cabinet, while the PM himself stated that […]
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis is attempting to ease the future opposition’s concerns – “controlling” posts in various parliamentary committees and commissions will go specifically to the opposition. Earlier unofficial information […]
The Lithuanian Labour Party‘s council on November 3 named ten candidates for the vacant post of the party’s chairman, its caretaker leader, Vytautas Gapšys, said, noting that the list may not be final. […]
It’s not just the images of belligerents that explain the landslide victory of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (PLGU) in the Seimas elections. It’s also the need for social justice and the disappointment arising from a socially insensitive neo-liberal policy. Other explanations either complement this or are all-encompassing. […]
The Lithuanian Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping case. […]
So far Ramūnas Karbauskis has been speaking of a broad coalition, with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) sitting on his right and the Social Democrats (LSDP) on his left. However neither of the two veteran parties want […]
This Seimas election is changing the Lithuanian political map. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) are two entities which will dominate political life for the next […]
The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do after this loss to Gabrielius Landsbergis’ Conservatives and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants”? […]
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has hinted at a potential removal of the Order and Justice Party from the current Seimas elections due to suspicions of buying votes, distributing the mandates the party has earned to other parties. This could turn into a harmful precedent believe political scientists Mažvydas Jastramskis and Lauras Bielinis. […]
As many times before, ratings and prognoses proved to be off the mark in Lithuania. The most hurt by it this time were the coalition parties. The Social Democrats who earned 183,500 votes lost two […]
The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), having been left third in the election, does not appear to be willing to let go of the reins of governance. Party leader, PM Algirdas Butkevičius stated that after […]
With the first round of elections concluded, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) remains fairly reserved, awaiting second round results. They are currently neck and neck with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who have exceeded their […]
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