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Civic committees aiming for Vilnius city council seats complain on inability to form coalition

Civic electoral committees aiming to compete for seats in the city municipal council are complaining that they cannot form a…

6 years ago
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Founding and operation conditions for civic electoral committees should be more similar to parties’ – political scientist

With a third more civic electoral committees aiming to participate in the municipal elections than during the last, Seimas Speaker…

6 years ago
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Lithuania sees rise in public election committees

97 public election committees have registered by the end of the deadline on Friday afternoon to compete in the upcoming…

6 years ago
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LRT Investigation. The scattering Russian Alliance is hunting members: how did V. Tomaševski‘s Poles help it?

Russian Alliance leader Irina Rozova’s business trips are planned with the aid of the Russian embassy, meanwhile Russian Alliance members…

6 years ago
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Presidential election campaign kicks off in Lithuania

The campaign for presidential election in Lithuania officially started on Monday with seven candidates already lining up to take a…

6 years ago
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Municipal election campaign officially starts in Lithuania

The election campaign of the upcoming municipal council and direct mayoral elections officially starts in Lithuania on Wednesday. [...]

6 years ago
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Karbauskis’ strategic election plan: this could break the entire system

With the municipal elections drawing closer, Farmer-Greens leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has proposed to allow civic committees to form electoral coalitions…

6 years ago
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Dual citizenship referendum may cost Lithuania around EUR 2 mln – watchdog

A dual citizenship referendum planned to be held in Lithuania next year might cost around 2 million euros, the chairwoman…

6 years ago
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There’re no KGB collaborators in the Seimas – GRRCL chief

The incumbent Lithuanian parliament has not a single member who secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB, Teresė Birutė Burauskaitė, head…

6 years ago
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Political entities feared by the parties: questions on transparency and accountability

Of the 58 civic electoral committees, which partook in the 2015 municipal elections, 19 had legal entities operating under similar…

6 years ago
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R. Valatka. The Lord’s first address without a crown

The president read her ninth annual address yesterday. But this was only the first annual address by Dalia Grybauskaitė that…

6 years ago
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World Lithuanians wish to vote at honorary consulates, CEC looking into possibilities

World Lithuanians would like to have access to more voting places abroad and wish to vote not only at embassies…

7 years ago
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Lithuania considers consulting with Latvia on controlling political ads on Facebook

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is considering turning to Latvia for consultations on controlling political ads on social media, as…

7 years ago
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Lithuanian president suggests parties shouldn’t delegate election panel members

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has suggested to consider discarding the scheme where part of the Central Electoral Commission would be…

7 years ago
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Lithuania’s election chief survives no-confidence vote

Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission, is staying in the post after surviving an opposition-initiated no-confidence vote at…

7 years ago
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Seimas opposition moves for no-confidence in election chief

Members of the opposition in the Lithuanian parliament are initiating a no-confidence vote against Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Central…

7 years ago
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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…

7 years ago
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Election of new MP to take place by fall – election watchdog chief

After MP Mindaugas Bastys said he would leave the parliament, new elections in single-mandate district in Zanavykų constituency will take…

7 years ago
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Širinskienė refuses to join a discussion due to Jakilaitis‘ participation

"Farmer" Agnė Širinskienė refused to participate in events moderated by journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis while an investigation of the Lithuanian national…

7 years ago
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Seimas spring session: Bastys’ impeachment, LRT probe, public service reform – BNS Review

Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the…

7 years ago