Ramūnas Vilpišauskas
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Vilpišauskas. A look at the leading parties‘ EU policies

Public surveys shows (the text in Lithuanian was published on October 3) that there are three parties that have the biggest chance to form the leading coalition: the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), the […]

Skvernelis during the last TV debate on LRT
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ELECTIONS. Analysis. Social policy debate – another victory for the “Peasants”

The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only one point. Furthermore most experts agree that G. Landsbergis’ (TS-LKD) closing statement was the strongest, while S. Skvernelis’ (LVŽS) speech was decent, but reading off a paper made for a bad image. […]

Viktor Uspaskich in 2008
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ELECTIONS. Labour Party in brief

Seen as the party with most potentialNowadays Viktor Uspaskich sings lyric and melodic songs about his difficulties. The difficulties only arose later in his career however; in 2003 when he, a millionaire member of Seimas, […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Gabrielius Landsbergis
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ELECTIONS. Crumbling Social Democrat lead. Analysis

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. […]

Elections debate on LRT
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Peasants, conservatives catching up with SocDems in popularity

The ruling Social Democrats continue to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings, but other parties are catching up, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website. […]

Lithuania's Social Democratic Party
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ELECTIONS. Evaluations of the Social Democrat programme

With various party programmes being flooded with promises, gaffes and populism, experts note that despite some craftily concealed details and occasional errors, it has managed to avoid many of the populist promises and complaints marring […]