The Seimas Hall
Politics

Seimas starts debates on cutting MP seats, moving general elections to spring

The Lithuanian parliament started on Thursday debates on constitutional amendments aimed at cutting the number of seats in the Seimas from 141 to 101 and moving the date of general elections from October to March. […]

Elections to the Seimas
CORPORATE

New ratings – concerning trends

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 […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

The greatest issue for R. Karbauskis and the “Peasants”

The Peasant and Greens Union along with its large batch of non-partisan candidates won the Seimas elections, with a number of the new members of Seimas having already requested to become party members. But this is not enough. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
CORPORATE

SocDems – there are efforts to antagonise the coalition partners

Publications which keep appearing in the media have been trying to create antagonism between the Social Democrats and their coalition partners. […]

At a school
Economy

Ministry and trade unions to work out fixed pay model for teachers

The Lithuanian Education and Science Ministry, together with trade unions, plans to work out by March a fixed pay model for school teachers. […]