Liberal Movement

  • Politics

Lithuania’s ruling parties usurped legislation, opposition complains

Almost 5,000 legislative bills have been registered at the Lithuanian parliament since it took oath in 2012. A third of…

9 years ago
  • Sports

Financial investigators raid Lithuanian Football Federation offices after accusations of embezzlement

Officers from the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) carried out searches of the headquarters of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF)…

9 years ago
  • Politics

MEP Guoga does not give up plans to run for Seimas despite dual citizenship issue

A Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, Antanas Guoga, who has Australian citizenship, has recently discovered that Lithuanian laws do…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Five Lithuanian parties would pass parliamentary election threshold

Five parties would pass the 5-percent threshold and secure seats in the Lithuanian Parliament if elections were to take place…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s liberals propose EUR 15m extra funding for counter-terrorism programmes

The Liberal Movement political group in the Lithuanian parliament has proposed to boost funding for counter-terrorism effort by additional EUR…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Ethics watchdog asked to look into racist statement by Lithuanian MP

Social Democratic MP Juras Požela has asked the Seimas Commission on Ethics and Procedures to look into a statement by…

9 years ago
  • Politics

MEP Antanas Guoga to challenge PM in Lithuania’s parliamentary elections

Antanas Guoga, member of the European Parliament, has announced he will be running for a seat in the Lithuanian parliament,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian liberals re-elect party leader on platform of tax cuts and e-voting

Lithuania's Liberal Movement re-elected the party's current leader Eligijus Masiulis for another term in the position during the party congress…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Social Democrats suggest abolishing single-seat electoral constituencies

The Social Democrats have proposed to completely transform the current election system in Lithuania. Their proposal includes abolishing single-seat constituencies,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian government backs dual citizenship referendum, but suggests different wording

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed an initiative by a group of lawmakers to call a referendum on dual…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM criticises liberals over their stance on loan to Lithuanian Shipping Company

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says Eligijus Masiulis, the leader of the Liberal Movement, made a populist decision to oppose efforts…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Liberals remain Lithuania’s 2nd most popular party despite fall in ratings

A fifth of the Lithuanian voters (20.1 percent) would vote for the ruling Social Democratic Party in parliamentary elections, a…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s social democrats lose popularity as liberals’ rating continue up

Lithuania's Social Democratic Party has inched down in June while the opposition Liberal Movement continues to strengthen its position, a…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Vilnius Liberals kick British member out for disrespectful Facebook post

Mark Adam Harold, a British citizen and member of the Vilnius Council's Liberal Movement political group, has been kicked out…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Opposition on president’s address: She does not expect problems to be solved by this government

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not say much about the government's work in her State of the Nation Address on…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanians of New York expect referendum on dual citizenship

Legalization of dual citizenship by way of referendum would allow Lithuanians living in the US to preserve their connections with…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Social Democrats still most popular party in Lithuania

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM’s party and liberals top popularity ratings

The ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania with 20.7 percent of respondents in a poll…

10 years ago
  • Politics

New mayor promises transparency revolution in Vilnius finances – with possible repercussions for his predecessor

In an interview with The Lithuania Tribune, the new Vilnius Mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, revealed his administration’s Open Data Policy could…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Journalist Rimvydas Valatka to consult Liberal Movement in general elections campaign

Signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence, influential political commentator and journalist Rimvydas Valatka will be consulting Lithuania's Liberal Movement.…

10 years ago