Even though not even six months have passes since the Parliament elections, the unity which was then demonstrated by Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leaders Ramūnas Karbauskis and Saulius Skvernelis relationship has hit a […]
The Group of Women at the Seimas has asked the Lithuanian parliament’s Ethics and Procedures Commission to look into the possibility of launching impeachment proceedings against Kęstutis Pūkas, an Order and Justice lawmaker, over sexual harassment allegations. […]
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis plans to attend a meeting of the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Legal Affairs to explain the reasons behind the request to lift the legal immunity of the Order and Justice party’s former leader Rolandas Paksas in a corruption case. […]
In order to not vanish from Lithuanian political life the Labour Party and the Order and Justice Party have to take up clear value positions, furthermore they should consider finding stronger leaders. Such are recommendations […]
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that triumphed in last October’s parliamentary elections, continues to gain in popularity, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website on Monday. […]
The Seimas elections knocked out all three political powers previously in the majority – the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP). The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Social Democrats (TS-LKD) […]
Without changing the Constitution, Lithuania cannot execute the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on violated rights of impeached President Rolandas Paksas, Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says. […]
The conclusions of Lithuania’s earlier parliament “on restoration of civil and political rights of President Rolandas Paksas” run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday. […]
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas. […]
Support for the Peasant and Greens Union skyrocketed following the elections. How long this euphoria will last depends on the decisions made by the party which won the elections states Baltijos Tyrimai sociologist Romas Mačiūnas. […]
The departing government of Algirdas Butkevičius has poor relations with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The head of state did not miss opportunities to sting or ridicule the Social Democrat-led cabinet, while the PM himself stated that […]
On October 23 voters closed the door on a number of political old guard, the hopes of many who wished to keep their membership in Seimas were broken. The moods of those who failed to be re-elected vary – some intend to savour their freedom, some intend to seek work or spend time with their families. In total there will be 82 new faces in Seimas, 5 of them returning after a break. 59 members of Seimas were re-elected, but a large number of the old guard will be gone. […]
So far Ramūnas Karbauskis has been speaking of a broad coalition, with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) sitting on his right and the Social Democrats (LSDP) on his left. However neither of the two veteran parties want […]
This Seimas election is changing the Lithuanian political map. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) are two entities which will dominate political life for the next […]
Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the 2nd round of parliamentary elections of Lithuania, with two candidates competing in 68 single-member districts after securing the highest number of votes in the 1st round. Three new MPs were elected in the 1st round. […]
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has hinted at a potential removal of the Order and Justice Party from the current Seimas elections due to suspicions of buying votes, distributing the mandates the party has earned to other parties. This could turn into a harmful precedent believe political scientists Mažvydas Jastramskis and Lauras Bielinis. […]
As many times before, ratings and prognoses proved to be off the mark in Lithuania. The most hurt by it this time were the coalition parties. The Social Democrats who earned 183,500 votes lost two […]
Remigijus Žemaitaitis, acting leader of the Order and Justice Party, says that people detained and questioned on suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, are linked not to his party, but to the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals). […]
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