Order and Justice

  • CORPORATE

How will scandal affect Liberals’ voters and potential coalition partners?

It is still anybody's guess how voters will react to the corruption scandal of former Liberal Movement chairman Eligijus Masiulis.…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanian political parties running up large debts

With elections in the offing, many of Lithuania‘s political parties are already mired in debt despite receiving large state subsidies,…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Influence peddling case of Lietuvos Rytas group owner goes to court

Prosecutors have completed preliminary investigation into suspected influence peddling by Gedvydas Vainauskas, the chief and shareholder of the Lietuvos Rytas…

9 years ago
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New poll shows Lithuanian voters moving to right

If Lithuania's general elections were to take place next Sunday, the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) would receive…

9 years ago
  • Politics

If Facebook followers were voters, who would win Lithuania’s elections?

If Lithuania’s elections reflected the followers that leading politicians have on Facebook who would win election to Lithuania’s parliament? [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

New poll shows big fall in support for Lithuania’s leading parties

Lithuania's Social Democrats continue to fall in opinion polls, but the biggest loser over the last month is the conservative…

9 years ago
  • Society

Head of Lithuanian bank to appear before Seimas after leak shows offshore connection

Vitas Vasiliauskas, the head of Lithuania's central bank, has been asked to provide an explanation to the Seimas after it…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

What would a Lithuanian government without a Conservative or Social Democrat PM look like?

A week ago, we saw the first opinion polls conducted after the launch of the official election campaign. Although things…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Support for Lithuania’s ruling Social Democrats continues to plummet – poll

Support for the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party dropped considerably in April, a survey published by Lietuvos Rytas has showed.…

9 years ago
  • Politics

New poll shows major shifts in Lithuanian political parties support

A new poll has revealed surprising shifts in Lithuania's political landscape with government parties' support slumping. [...]

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

How Lithuania’s political landscape has changed

Lithuania's political landscape has changed radically since the last time voters went to the polls with a variety of different…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Order and Justice MP wants president impeached

The Order and Justice party has initiated a parliamentary investigation into alleged leaks of classified intelligence reports and believes that…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Parties clash on how to improve business environment in Lithuania: More of the same or a new course?

The British Chamber of Commerce, along with their colleagues from the Estonian, German-Baltic, Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian Chambers, hosted a…

9 years ago
  • European Union
  • Politics

EP to vote on lifting Lithuanian MEP’s immunity

The European Parliament will consider Lithuanian prosecutors' request to strip Rolandas Paksas, the Order and Justice party's leader, of his…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Tomas Žilinskas appointed Lithuania’s new interior minister

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed Tomas Žilinskas, the director of the Interior Ministry's Public Security Policy Department, as the…

9 years ago
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Karbauskis makes pitch to be Lithuania’s centrist party

One of the leaders of the Peasant and Greens Union, Ramūnas Karbauskis has said his party straddles both the right…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM submits nomination for interior minister

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has proposed Tomas Žilinskas, an employee of the Interior Ministry, for the post of interior…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice leader submits two more candidates for interior minister

Order and Justice leader MEP Rolandas Paksas suggested two more candidates for the interior minister's job to Prime Minister Algirdas…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian electoral commission distributes year’s first party subsidies

The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year's first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties.…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Environment minister survives vote at Lithuanian parliament

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas remains in his post after the parliament voted on Tuesday his answers to corruption suspicions…

9 years ago