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Economist Nausėda to run for Lithuanian president

Economist Gitanas Nausėda has on Monday announced his decision to run for Lithuanian president. [...]

6 years ago
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Social Democrats turn against the flow: what this will result in

The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) is the only of the major political powers represented in Seimas to not sign…

6 years ago
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Whose votes will V. Ušackas gather – S. Skvernelis or G. Nausėda‘s?

With Conservative – Christian Democrat Vygaudas Ušackas declaring his participation in the presidential elections, political scientists have been debating, whose…

6 years ago
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Responses to E. Masiulis and the president‘s correspondence: risking impeachment

If it turns out that the information released on the correspondence between the president and former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus…

6 years ago
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Nordic countries are desired cooperation partners to Lithuanians, study shows

Lithuanian citizens seek closer cooperation with the Nordic countries. The majority of population believe that small countries must cooperate with…

6 years ago
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Intense struggle between Ušackas and Pavilionis: new weapons coming out

Vygaudas Ušackas, who is seeking to become the Conservative candidate in the looming presidential elections, has applied a new tactic…

6 years ago
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The end of the political season. Who obtained what?

While the cities were drowning from rain, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the Farmer Greens were trying to save their…

7 years ago
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Analysts see president’s address as rather critical of Government

In her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday was rather critical…

7 years ago
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100 Days. Karbauskis – down, Skvernelis – up, Butkevičius – to outer space

One has already wallowed a good amount in scandals, the other has voluntarily chosen to remain in the shadows, while…

8 years ago
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Atmosphere in TS-LKD heats up – whose chances to win chairman are the greatest?

The fate of Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) leader Gabrielius Lansdbergis will be revealed in February through the…

8 years ago
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Lithuania expects that ‘uncertainty period’ in Estonia won’t last long

Lithuanian experts say that the pro-Russian Centre Party may come to government in Estonia after Prime Minister Taavi Roivas on…

8 years ago
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“Peasant” weight in the coalition could drown the SocDems

The Social Democrats have chosen to begin negotiations on a coalition with the “Peasants.” In the aftermath of all that…

8 years ago
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ELECTIONS. On Conservatives’ loss in Kaunas

The loss of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Kaunas, a city long held to be a…

8 years ago
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ELECTIONS. Political analysts predict a coalition of rightist parties

With the first round of the Seimas elections concluding, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant…

8 years ago
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ELECTIONS. New populists admire demise of the old populists

It was only four years ago that the Labour Party (DP) and Order and Justice (TT) got a quite a…

8 years ago
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Social democrats and PM ‘not in control as they should be’

The ruling Social Democratic Party, which had until recently enjoyed unwavering popularity with voters, has found itself on a shaky…

8 years ago
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Lithuania in “medium-sized” political crisis but coalition likely to remain

Lithuania is currently undergoing a “medium-sized” political crisis, according to Lithuanian political scientists and analysts, but one that should not…

9 years ago
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Polish party suggests changing election rules to favour ethnic minority representatives

The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania party has proposed an amendment to electoral laws that would lower the threshold…

9 years ago
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Liberals emerging as Lithuania’s major party, political experts say

Increasing popularity of the Liberal Movement is the main take-away from Sunday's local elections in Lithuania, political experts say. [...]

10 years ago
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Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis leaves his party

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis said on Tuesday that he was no longer a member of the Order and Justice party,…

10 years ago