Drastically decreasing numbers of students, 82 study programmes shutting down this year due to lack of students, poor study quality and positions in global ratings, these are the problems most prominent in the Lithuanian higher […]
The political corruption scandal has undermined voter confidence in the Liberal Movement, while the trust in the ruling Labour Party and the Order and Justice party has also declined, shows the latest public opinion poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday, while the popularity of the Anti-corruption Coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis is on the rise. […]
With the corruption scandal revolving around former party chairman Eligijus Masiulis continuing to batter the Liberal Movement (LS), its chances of entering Seimas are continuing to decrease. The Liberals are accompanied by the Labour Party […]
Lithuania’s Social Democrats, the Peasant and Green Union, and Conservatives top the country’s popularity polls, shows he latest survey conducted for delfi.lt news portal. […]
Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first debate featured representatives from the Order and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action – Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠP), Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The leaders of the Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Freedom Union and the coalition “Against corruption and poverty” were present with the other parties delegating representatives. […]
A 48.9-year-old Lithuanian man with a university degree who has declared 165,927 euros worth of property and has run for elections in the past – this is the profile of a statistical candidate for parliament published by Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission. […]
The conservative leader is too young and inexperienced to be aiming for the prime ministerial post, meanwhile the political career of the former liberal leader, who is currently fighting corruption charges, is as good as over, says Jūratė Novagrockienė, political science professor at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy. […]
Petras Gražulis, a member of the Lithuanian parliament whose office has recently been searched in an influence peddling investigation, was summoned for questioning at the Prosecutor General’s Office as a special witness on Tuesday.
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A European bushido champion, an Olympic record holder, a master chess player, and even the strongest man in the world – these are some of the people who have joined political parties and will try […]
Lithuania’s Order and Justice party has approved its candidate list for October’s general election. It is led by deputy chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis, since the party’s leader, MEP Rolandas Paksas is banned from running for elections. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union, tipped to win parliament seats in October’s election, would refuse enter any coalition with the Labour Party and the Order and Justice party, says Peasant-Greens leader Ramūnas Karbauskis.
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Surveys show that if the Seimas elections were to be held next weekend, the Social Democratic party would win in its multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democrats have been the most popular party in Lithuania […]
Most of the charity and support foundations linked to Lithuanian parliamentarians (Seimas members) do not provide public information about their activities, Transparency International Lithuania said.
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Lithuania’s parliament should revoke the parliamentary immunity of MPs from prosecution, said the head of Lithuanian Freedom Union election headquarters Algis Čaplikas. “Nothing terrible would happen. The public would welcome such a decision – seeing […]
The so-called black Thursday on May 12, when law enforcement officers carried out searches at the home of the former leader of the Liberal Movement Eligijus Masiulis and allegedly found €106,000 in bribe money, changed […]
Lithuania’s ruling coalition has said value-added tax rates will not be changed but that worker’s non-taxable income level will be increased to €310. Order and Justice chairman Rolandas Paksas announced these plans after the ruling […]
A voter survey conducted after the “black Thursday” on May 12 when news broke about bribery suspicions against former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis shows that voters have reacted strongly to the “Liberal scandal”. […]
A bit more than four months are left until the Lithuanian parliamentary elections. Recent scandals have rocked the Liberal Movement party’s support, but nearly all parties have recently experienced scandals or missteps that have cast […]
MP Petras Gražulis, the vice-chairman of Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party, is resigning from the position as the leader of the party’s parliamentary group. […]
The council of the Order and Justice party finalized its list of candidates to run for parliament in single-seat constituencies. The party, which is a member of the ruling coalition, has decided not to have […]
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