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If Skvernelis is seeking to rally his electorate, he chose the wrong opponents

December 17, 2018 Media Briefing 0

The striking teachers are awaiting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ apology, but he does not appear intent to do so. The team assembled by the PM, which is preparing a long-term public sector wage payment project features neither striking, nor non-striking teachers. The trade union confederation chairwoman stated that the goal is the lowest earning civil servants, but teachers were not mentioned among them, lrt.lt writes. […]

E. Gentvilas on Skvernelis’ move: with one more minister removed, he would run for president as a victim

December 3, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Liberal Movement leader Eugenijus Gentvilas tells lrt.lt that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who has announced the firing of three ministers, may seek to provoke a dissolution of the cabinet and use this to portray himself as a victim in the presidential elections, lrt.lt writes. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis and Gabrielius Landsbergis

Party clashes: what will frighten the ratings leaders?

November 26, 2018 Media Briefing 0

The Social Democrats and Order and Justice are the parties, which could draw the closest to the leading Conservatives and “Farmers”, political scientists tell lrt.lt. […]

Skvernelis receives report from intelligence on whether Karbauskis poses a threat to national security

November 23, 2018 Dalia Plikune 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stood before the Seimas on Thursday. The head of cabinet answered questions posed by MPs in writing ahead of times regarding the majority leader Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ business relations with businessmen linked […]

Aušrinė Armonaitė announces the formation of a new party

November 23, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

“I wish to announce a piece of important and good news. After I left the party several weeks ago, I did not expect that so many liberally thinking people would write to me that they wish to meet, contribute to the formation and activities of a new liberal political power. Thus, it is clear – there will be a liberal political party!” Aušrinė Armonaitė wrote on her Facebook profile on Friday. […]

Failed attempt in Seimas to make constitutional changes more difficult

November 20, 2018 www.lrt.lt 0

Prior to starting deliberations regarding changes on the number of members of Seimas, Liberal Movement Seimas group prefect Eugenijus Gentvilas presented a resolution to the Seimas “Over the constant attempts to change the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.” With this, it was proposed to form an expert group, which would evaluate whether there is actual need to change the country’s most important document. The resolution was rejected after discussions. […]

Gap between party ratings leaders widens

November 14, 2018 Dalia Plikune 0

In October, public support for the ruling “Farmer” party declined, however despite significant criticism, PM Saulius Skvernelis‘ support remained stable and confidence in the cabinet even grew, Spinter Tyrimai data shows. A survey performed by […]

Presidential election campaign kicks off in Lithuania

November 13, 2018 Xinhua 0

The campaign for presidential election in Lithuania officially started on Monday with seven candidates already lining up to take a seat from incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Sun sets on traditional parties

November 12, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Political parties do not have a future because they are structures from a past stage, political scientist Lauras Bielinis tells LRT Radio. The same is echoed by others talking to LRT Radio. According to Mykolas […]

Court starts viewing video recordings in political corruption case

November 7, 2018 BNS 0

Vilnius Regional Court is starting viewing video recordings submitted to court as part of the high-profile political corruption case. So far, the court has listened to sound recordings only. […]

Aušrinė Armonaitė and Remigijus Šimašius

Armonaitė, Šimašius leave Lithuania’s Liberal Movement

November 2, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s liberal MP Aušrinė Armonaitė and Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius on Friday announced their decision to leave the Liberal Movement. […]

A. Jokubaitis warns regarding the LRT: a short circuit awaits

October 30, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Politicians often act like lordlings, they care not that the kingdom is actually a democracy. This is the view of philosopher, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) professor Alvydas Jokubaitis. […]

MPs calls for ban on fur farming

October 29, 2018 BNS 0

A group of Lithuanian lawmakers are proposing introducing a ban on growing animals for fur, introducing a transition period for fur farmers until the end of 2025. […]

Liberal Movement is not splitting up, leader says

October 29, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Liberal Movement‘s members are not walking out on the party, its leader Eugenijus Gentvilas says after several party branches decided to take part in the forthcoming municipal election by establishing election committees instead of party lists. […]

Seimas term at its midpoint: chaos only increasing

October 24, 2018 lzinios.lt 0

A Seimas term marked by scandals, disputes, intrigue and dubious decisions has reached its halfway point. The majority boasts of its achievements and pledge to continue levelling mountains. Meanwhile, the opposition assures they have never […]

Gap grows between Lithuania’s TS-LKD, LVŽS in popularity rating – survey

October 22, 2018 BNS 0

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats are going up the popularity ladder, leaving the constant rivals– the ruling Lithuanian farmers and Greens Union – far behind, a new survey shows. […]

Lithuanian Liberals’ board annuls Vilnius branch’s decision to run on committee ticket

October 18, 2018 BNS 0

The board of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement has annulled the Vilnius branch’s decision to run in next March’s municipal elections on the ticket of a newly-established public election committee. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis and Saulius Skvernelis

Opposition MPs demand further explanation from PM on deleted meeting recording

October 17, 2018 BNS 0

Three opposition political groups in the Lithuanian parliament have invited Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Government Chancellor Algirdas Stončaitis to their joint meeting on Thursday to clarify the circumstances under which the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting on giving the media free access to registry data was deleted. […]

Liberal Movement’s chairman calls on Šimašius to resign as party’s vicechairman

October 16, 2018 BNS 0

Eugenijus Gentvilas, chairman of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has called on Remigijus Šimašius to step down as vice-chairman of the party after the mayor of Vilnius announced his decision to run for re-election as a public election committee’s candidate, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Tuesday. […]

Vilnius Mayor Šimašius to run for re-election as public committee’s candidate

October 12, 2018 BNS 0

Members of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s Vilnius branch have decided to nominated Remigijus Šimašius, the capital’s current mayor, as their candidate in next year’s mayoral election, giving him the mandate to form a public election committee. […]