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Lithuanian MEP Paksas starting new civic movement – media
Lithuania’s impeached former president, MEP Rolandas Paksas is starting a new civic movement, the 15 news website reported on Friday. […]
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A spider’s web none dared touch for a decade: how MG Baltic aimed to conquer the country
A copy of the State Security Department (VSD) report to the National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) Delfi has obtained reveals in what ways the MG Baltic group aimed to influence state institutions, politicians and […]
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President confirms email exchanges with Masiulis, not authenticity of letters
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not deny having had email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case, but says that she cannot confirm the authenticity of letters published in the media. […]
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Order and Justice Party spent unlawful EUR 346,000 on publicity – law-enforcement
Lithuania’s parliamentary Order and Justice Party is suspected of having spent around 346,000 euros in funds allegedly obtained as bribes or through other illegal means on publicity, law-enforcement officials said on Wednesday after completing their pre-trial investigation. […]
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Ratings trap: the bells may not be tolling for the “Farmers”
Despite the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) ratings released last Saturday being the lowest since the elections, political scientists do not view this as overly significant – it could simply be a coincidence, there […]
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TS-LKD widens gap with “farmers” – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats remain the most popular party in Lithuania and its lead over the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), which came in second in April, has increased, according to a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday. […]
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Honorary LSDP member points out a leader, who could reunite the split party
The Social Democrats and the recently founded Social Democrat Labourites are like cat and dog. Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas has described his former colleagues, who withdrew from the party to found their own as […]
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Opposition targeting PM, agiculture minister
As the prime minister is delaying a decision on suitability of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas to continue in the post, members of the parliamentary opposition are considering an interpellation against the minister and against the head of the government. […]
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Newest ratings: leaders surface, unfazed by scandals
The scandals, which seem to come every day, linked to both the “Farmers” and the Conservatives, have failed to cause significant harm to either party’s ratings. Meanwhile the new Social Democrat Labour Party of Gediminas […]
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Homeland Union remains Lithuania’s most popular party – Delfi/Spinter poll
The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) holds onto its number two spot, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday. […]
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Prosecutors restrict Order and Justice’s rights to state budget allocations
Lithuanian prosecutors on Wednesday temporarily restricted the Order and Justice Party‘s rights to 223,000 euros in state budget allocations, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
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Election watchdog divides EUR 2.75 mln among Lithuania’s political parties
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country’s political parties. […]
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Lithuania’s Order and Justice Party plans no presidential candidate, Paksas again eyes EP
Lithuania’s opposition Order and Justice party plans to nominate no candidate for the 2019 presidential election, and the party’s former leader Rolandas Paksas will be the first candidate on the list for elections to the European Parliament. […]
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J. Bernatonis about G. Paluckas’ party: it would be shameful to call them Social Democrats
A new party has appeared in Lithuania – politicians, who broke away from the Social Democrats, together with a number of former Labour Party members have founded the united Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour (LSDD) Party. […]
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Amendment to allow Paksas to run for Lithuanian president passes 1st reading in Seimas
A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania’s impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections passed the first reading in the Seimas on Tuesday. […]
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Seimas’ secret: what is the Kubilius commission actually for?
Tensions remain high in the Seimas this week, with the opposition settling its accounts and dependencies with the majority. This time there was an effort to prove positions via ad hoc investigative commissions, according to […]
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Lithuania LFGU popularity up, conservatives’ stable – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Lithuania’s opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of party ratings, followed by opposition Social Democrats in third, shows a survey conducted by Vilmorus pollster published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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M. Bastys’ impeachment: leaving Seimas with many unanswered questions
The political intrigues in Seimas and the vote held on March 13 regarding MP Mindaugas Bastys, who severely breached the Constitution, have been like purgatory: he is leaving Seimas with his head held high and […]
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MPs register amendments to allow Paksas to run for parliament, president
More than half of members of the Seimas have registered constitutional amendments that would allow Lithuania’s impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections. […]
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Ratings: new downfalls and new ascents in scandal-engulfed Lithuania
If the Seimas elections were to be held next Sunday, it would likely be the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), who would win in the multi-mandate electoral district. Despite scandals continuing scandals, the […]