Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has called upon political parties to support the proposal of the State Defence Council to raise the defence spending to 2.5 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030. […]
Despite the post-electoral euphoria calming down, the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) retains high ratings – their voters are resistant to the scandals appearing in the public sphere. Political scientists muse that the LVŽS […]
With the impeachment of M. Bastys failing in Seimas, a wave of outrage rippled forward, part earnest, part based on political considerations. Exchanges of polemic fire began. The majority and the opposition accused one another […]
After the Seimas vote to impeach Mindaugas Bastys floundered due to a lack of votes despite the Constitutional Court ruling that the now former MP broke the Constitution and his oath, the majority, despite accusing […]
Economist Gitanas Nausėda is rapidly climbing the presidential ratings lists – so far interviewed Lithuanian citizens would most often prefer to see him as Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s successor. However, political scientist Kęstutis Girnius says that it […]
The political intrigues in Seimas and the vote held on March 13 regarding MP Mindaugas Bastys, who severely breached the Constitution, have been like purgatory: he is leaving Seimas with his head held high and […]
Viktoras Pranckietis could consider stepping down as the speaker of the Seimas if he sees no possibilities for consolidating the parliament for efficient work, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]
Viktoras Pranckietis says that he has support in the parliament and is not considering stepping down as the speaker of the Seimas, playing down the ruling party leader’s hint that he should do so as emotion-driven. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), has said that Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, may step down if he is ashamed of some members of the parliament. […]
Some 5,000 people gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius on Thursday afternoon to express discontent with the failed parliamentary vote to impeach MP Mindaugas Bastys and the performance of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (EU). […]
If the Seimas elections were to be held next Sunday, it would likely be the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), who would win in the multi-mandate electoral district. Despite scandals continuing scandals, the […]
Lithuania must defend its fertilizer producers and take measures to protect the domestic market, if it establishes cases of fertilizer imports bypassing anti-dumping customs fees applied in the European Union, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has accused the opposition conservatives for the parliament’s decision to keep the MP mandate for Mindaugas Bastys. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ first days back from holidays were much hotter than the Spanish sun. Vice Minister of Justice Raimondas Bakšys resigned on Monday. This was a publically expressed ultimatum-like desire from S. Skvernelis’ […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that “all shadows” concerning the performance of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) have to be eliminated. […]
An initiative has appeared in Seimas to form yet another ad hoc commission. The opposition spoke of intentions to investigate the situation in the agriculture sector already in early January. However, no one attempted to […]
It has been three decades now that talks have been held in Lithuania about the importance of continuity in state governance. If the measurement is the gap between elections, it is hard to create anything […]
Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) sees no reasons for the head of the Central Electoral Commission, Laura Matjošaitytė, to resign, adding she “is working properly.” […]
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