Jurgis Razma
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Conservative veteran Jurgis Razma: “Political windfall might prove too heavy for Gabrielius Landsbergis”

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has drawn some irk from Jurgis Razma, one of the light-weight contenders in the race. […]

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Chess grandmaster sworn in as Lithuanian MP

On Tuesday, 21 April, chess player Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen gave an oath at the Lithuanian Seimas and joined the ranks of members of Parliament. […]

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First direct mayoral elections successful for Lithuania’s social democrats

The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party was triumphant in the country’s first direct mayoral elections, show preliminary data published by the Central Electoral Commission. […]

Eligijus Mariulis voting in municipal elections
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Liberal Movement demands for rerun elections in Trakai District

The Liberal Movement has referred to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), asking to annul election results in Trakai District and to hold rerun elections to ensure transparency. […]

Vilnius City Municipality
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Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius

After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]

Mantas Adomėnas, Remigijus Šimašius
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Liberals and conservatives agree on coalition in Vilnius

Representatives of the Liberal Movement and the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats agreed on Monday to seek setting up a ruling coalition in the capital city Vilnius. […]