As general elections approach, Lithuania’s political parties are looking for recognizable names to spice up their candidate lists. The conservatives are eyeing racer Benediktas Vanagas while the liberals would like to have TV presenter Edita Mildažytė on their ballot, LRT reports. […]
The strategically important Rail Baltica railway project designed to connect the Baltic States to Western Europe, from Tallinn to Warsaw, is slipping from Lithuania’s hands the country’s opposition parties claim. […]
Most Lithuanian members of the European Parliament are not planning to run for seats in the national parliament, Seimas, this October. Many are likely to have been deterred by new electoral rules which would automatically deprive elected MPs of their seats in the EP. […]
Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius has appointed Liberal Movement vice-chairman MEP Antanas Guoga as a public advisor. […]
Lithuania‘s Liberal Movement hopes to win almost three times more seats than they currently have, increasing their share to 30 from the current level of 11. […]
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement has dissociated itself from the support given by the leader of the European Parliament‘s Liberal Bloc (ALDE), Guy Verhofstadt, to Lithuanian Labour Party founder Viktor Uspaskich, saying it was his personal opinion and not the stance of the political group. […]
23 registered Lithuanian political parties have submitted their member lists to the Ministry of Justice by 1 March and will be able to participate in the Seimas elections coming up in October. […]
Opposition parties at the Lithuanian parliament have called for resignation of Interior Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas due to suspected corruption. […]
During the last two terms of the Seimas, there have been two political firsts in Lithuania: between 2008-2012, Andrius Kubilius was the first prime minister to remain in his post for his entire term since Lithuania’s independence was regained. Now, the social democrats, who have been behind the government’s wheel for the last four years, have emerged with a strong lead in the polls – also the first time this has happened since independence. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania ended the extraordinary session called for by the opposition one hour after it began, after MPs voted down the proposed agenda. […]
The Liberal Movement party, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, distributed awards to the best members of the party. Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius was named the politician of the year for 2015. […]
Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga, member of the Liberal Movement party, says he has decided to renounce his Australian citizenship. The move might allow him to run for a seat in the Lithuanian parliament, but Guoga says it is not the reason he decided to do it. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party continues to top popularity rankings, despite recent stories of suspected corruption among its ranks, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]
The opposition at the Lithuanian parliament have collected enough MPs’ signatures to initiate an extraordinary Seimas session. They are planning to present the call to the Seimas speaker on Friday. […]
Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė might have to explain herself to official ethics watchdogs after it has emerged that the ministry’s food for poor programme awarded a government contract to a company linked to the minister’s party colleague Viktor Uspaskich. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to have a “serious conversation” with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius about corruption suspicions that have plagued his cabinet over the last week. The meeting is scheduled for next week, after Butkevičius comes back from vacation. […]
Last month, the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats set up new party chapters in Switzerland and the City of London. The conservatives are planning to continue with divisions in the United States and Poland, according to the daily Lietuvos Žinios. […]
Former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas, leader of the Lithuanian Freedom Union, says his party is planning to approach the Liberal Movement about joining forces in the general elections this October. […]
The Liberal Movement are securely the second-most popular party in Lithuania after the Social Democrats, according to opinion polls, but despite their good ratings there are reasons for unease for the party in the run up to this year’s elections. […]
With general elections approaching, the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, one of Lithuania’s major political parties, is facing the prospect of another term in opposition. […]
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