Politics
4 opposition groups want early elections
Four opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested holding premature parliamentary elections. […]
Order and Justice Party
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Lithuania’s conservatives remain most popular party – Delfi/Spinter poll
If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, they would be triumphant to the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, while the current ruling party, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), would come in second, shows a survey published on delfi.lt news portal. […]
Politics
Seimas spring session: Bastys’ impeachment, LRT probe, public service reform – BNS Review
Lithuania’s parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members. […]
CORPORATE
The parties are ill – an unfortunate end looms
The major political powers have entered a realm of scandal, suspicions, fracture and other problems. Political scientists and analysts conclude that parties, alongside the public, are experiencing a serious crisis which may lead to an […]
CORPORATE
Europe is getting impatient regarding Rolandas Paksas
Lithuania is likely to be faced with some harsh words from the court in Strasbourg in two weeks, having not enacted the court’s ruling over impeached president Rolandas Paksas‘ rights for seven years. Jurists believe […]
Politics
Opposition MPs collect signatures for parliamentary probe into land purchase processes
Lawmakers of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have collected enough signatures for launching a parliamentary inquiry into land ownership and acquisition processes in Lithuania. […]
Politics
SocDems hit lowest rating since 2016 elections – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Confidence in Lithuania’s opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian SocDem Labour Party to hold constituent assembly in late March
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24. […]
CORPORATE
The former Social Democrats are forming a new political entity from the remnants of various parties
“We will adhere to normal European social democracy and not the leftist manifesto released by our colleagues,” one of the initiators of the planned Lithuanian Social Democrat Labour Party, member of a Seimas group of […]
Society
3 judges to hear case of Lithuania’s ex-president, publisher
A panel of three judges will hear the influence peddling case of former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas, Lietuvos Rytas media group CEO Gedvydas Vainauskas and businessman Antanas Zabulis. […]
CORPORATE
Social Democrat “rebels” creating an intrigue: No one is controlling us from Moscow
MPs who have withdrawn from the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), who have spoken of the creation of a new organisation, state that it will be done at “the politically most convenient time.” The former […]
Politics
Valiukevičiūtė to replace Pūkas as member of Lithuanian parliament
Kęstutis Pūkas, who resigned as a member of the Lithuanian parliament just before a vote on his impeachment earlier this month, will be replaced by Ona Valiukevičiūtė, the next-in-line candidate on the Order and Justice party‘s list in the 2016 Seimas elections. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s election body to hand down resigned MP’s mandate
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė. […]
Politics
Rating data of Lithuania’s conservatives, LFGU differ – Delfi/Spinter poll
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the opposition conservatives battling at the top of the country’s most popular parties remains unchanged for now, according to a poll conducted by Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) and published on delfi.lt news portal. […]
Politics
Lituania’s LFGU back on top of popularity list – BNS/RAIT poll
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has gotten slightly ahead of the opposition conservatives on the popularity list, topping it again, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS. […]
Politics
Seimas removes revocation of Pūkas’ MP mandate from agenda
The Lithuanian parliament’s meeting of elders decided to remove the bid to revoke the mandate of MP Kęstutis Pūkas from the plenary agenda. […]
Politics
Lithuanian ruling MPs initiate parliamentary probe into public broadcaster LRT
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating a parliamentary investigation into the management and financial and economic activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), Arvydas Nekrošius, vice-speaker of the Seimas, has confirmed to BNS. […]
Politics
Paksas, Vainauskas, Zabulis deny influence peddling charges
Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas, Lietuvos Rytas media group CEO Gedvydas Vainauskas and businessman Antanas Zabulis plead not guilty on charges of influence peddling but will provide testimony to court. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s ruling bloc recognizes vote on raise for doctors, opposition goes back to work
Lithuania’s ruling coalition agreed to recognize that the conservatives‘ bid to raise wages for trainee doctors was adopted, therefore, the opposition agreed to return to the plenary room. […]
Politics
Seimas votes against steeper raise for trainee doctors
In spite of protests from the opposition, Lithuania’s ruling parties refused to grant a further increase in salaries to doctors training to become specialists. […]