Petras Auštrevičius
Politics

Liberal Movement picks MEP Auštrevičius as presidential candidate

MEP Petras Auštrevičius will be proposed as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. […]

Vytautas Bakas
Politics

MP Kasčiūnas gave no grounds to doubt him – Seimas security panel chief

Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, is skeptical about the proposal to remove conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas from the committee after he was questioned in a political corruption investigation. […]

Opposition leaders and R. Karbauskis at the We Accuse! protest
CORPORATE

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 that the now former MP broke the Constitution and his oath, the majority, despite accusing […]

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Foreign affairs

Part of Istanbul convention inconsistent with Lithuania’s LFGU program – Seimas speaker

The Istanbul convention on combating violence against women will not be submitted to the Lithuanian parliament for ratification during the spring session, as part of the document is inconsistent with the program of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis said. […]