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Žemaitaitis re-elected chairman of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party
Remigijus Žemaitaitis has been re-elected chairman of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party. […]
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Liberal, Order and Justice MPs appointed Lithuanian parlt vice-speakers
Remigijus Žemaitaitis of the Order and Justice Party and Jonas Liesys of the Liberal Movement were appointed on Friday as vice-speakers of the Lithuanian parliament. […]
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Seimas to launch probe of political corruption during previous governments
The Lithuanian Seimas is set to launch a new parliamentary investigation into political corruption during the tenure of previous governments. […]
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Prosecutor charges Paksas of agreeing to take bribe for his party
The public prosecutor in the influence peddling trial of Rolandas Paksas and Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas, says that the former Order and Justice leader agreed to accept a bribe not only for his own benefit, but also for the benefit of his party. […]
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I will stand for president election in any case, Paksas says – media
Rolandas Paksas, the former leader of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party and now a MEP, say he plans to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election in Lithuania next year, irrespective of any circumstances. […]
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Algis Krupavičius: A reduction in the number of Seimas members – Yes or No?
In the last parliamentary elections, one of the biggest promises of the Farmers and Greens Union was to reduce the number of members in the Seimas. There’s no doubt that at that time, this promise […]
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Mažvydas Jastramskis. The Order and Justice Party enter the coalition, but the “Farmers” and Conservatives win
The Order and Justice Party has joined the ruling coalition. If the agreement lasts until the next Seimas elections, it will be the “Farmer” and Conservatives that will profit from it. Order and Justice did […]
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Order and Justice joins Lithuania’s ruling coalition in parliament
The Order and Justice party joined on Tuesday the ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP) in the parliament. […]
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Order and Justice Party council decides to nominate Paksas as presidential candidate
The Order and Justice council decided on Sunday to propose Rolandas Paksas for the post of the party’s chairman at this month’s congress and to nominate Lithuania’s impeached former president as the party’s candidate to run in next year’s presidential election, MP Petras Gražulis said. […]
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Homeland Union remains Lithuania’s most popular party – Delfi/Spinter poll
The Opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to the latest opinion poll released on Monday. […]
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Order and Justice Party to ask court for special status to influence-peddling case
The Order and Justice Party will ask the court to assign a special status to a case in which the party is suspected of influence peddling, squandering of property, document forgery and negligent management of accounts. […]
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Heated political autumn forecast
Both the majority and opposition predict that the new political season starting with the autumn session next week will be tense. The atmosphere will be heated not only by various politicians’ agenda questions, but also […]
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Seimas speaker expects deal with Order and Justice to help ensure majority
A cooperation agreement between the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas and lawmakers from the ruling bloc will help ensure a stable majority in the parliament in voting on major issues, the speaker of the Seimas said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania’s ruling bloc, Order and Justice MPs put off signing deal until September
The signing of a cooperation agreement between the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas and lawmakers from the ruling bloc has been postponed until the start of the parliament’s fall session. […]
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All major Lithuanian parties, except LSDP, likely to sign new defense deal next week (Updated)
All of Lithuania’s parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian political parties to discuss new defense policy deal
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties’ leaders to discuss the country’s defense policy for the next decade. […]
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SocDems oppose new defense deal, other Lithuanian parties inclined to back it
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government’s proposed agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal […]
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Government offers parties to sign new defense agreement
Lithuania’s government is offering parliamentary parties to sign an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the upcoming decade. […]
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Mistrust in parties: political scientist warns – voters are irked by catchall politics
Currently Lithuanian parties are pursuing catchall politics, seeking to appeal to all voters, but voters are not left satisfied with the poorly matching policies, political scientist Vincentas Vobolevičius explained people’s disappointment to lrt.lt. Meanwhile, sociologist […]
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Urbonaitė: group coalitions devalue the role of parties
Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ words that his Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union will never be in a coalition with parties that have issues with law enforcement may end up being just talk because in reality, coalition negotiations […]