The fight between Ramūnas Karbauskis and Speaker of the Parliament Viktoras Pranckietis is constantly taking new shapes. Both the “Farmers” in the Parliament and the Farmer party council are pushing V. Pranckietis out of his […]
The political flea market has gained so much momentum that even the traders themselves seem to have gotten lost in the deals they are making. We probably have never before seen so many exotic sights, […]
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union no longer have its Speaker of the Parliament nor their Prime Minister, says Saulius Spurga. The situation of the Farmers and Greens is becoming more complicated: the party […]
The chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union told reporters at the Seimas on July 25 morning that the Farmers and Greens had elected their candidate for the European Commission. The party supports the […]
It is likely that building an old-and-new Parliament will be a long process. This is what Ramūnas Karbauskis (the leader of the Peasants) says himself, and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis agrees as well, Vytautas Bruveris […]
Since the Skvernelis and Karbauskis marriage is breaking, no matter how the distribution of ministerial seats will end, we can already guess that both the Seimas majority and its cabinet will be even more fragile […]
The negotiations on a ruling coalition that were launched a month ago have hit a roadblock – politicians are struggling with sharing offices, but promise a leap forward within a week. […]
For a few weeks now we have been hearing assurances that everything has been agreed upon regarding the ruling coalition’s revamp and that an agreement will soon be signed. But the date keeps getting pushed […]
The parties that are forming a ruling coalition announced on June 20 they had concluded negotiations on supposedly the most important factors – programme points. That said, this conclusion is somewhat odd. That is because […]
With the “Farmers” negotiating on a new coalition with other parties, the seat of Seimas speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is also on the table. Ramūnas Karbauskis has been urging the current head of parliament to resign, […]
Saulius Skvernelis would like not only the office of prime minister, but also the status of “Farmer” leader. But even failing to obtain the latter, he will likely remain in charge of the cabinet. Such […]
It will take some time for experts to make detailed reviews of the Presidential elections results, thus I will take the opportunity to share some of my thoughts. First of all, most of the surveys […]
Lithuanian presidential elections, first round is up and Lithuanian people have spoken: they would like to see Ingrida Šimonytė and Gitanas Nausėda in the second round of Lithuanian presidential elections on May 26. This result […]
Bernadras Gailius / lzinios.lt The presidential elections are highlighting a new quality political reality of Lithuania, where people are divided into supporters of oligarchy and democracy, instead of conservatives, social democrats and liberals, as it […]
With the Ministry of Environment remaining without a head for more than three months now, the opposition Social Democratic Seimas group is proposing to legally bind the prime minister to find a minister in 15 days. This has also received support from the Conservatives, however PM Saulius Skvernelis has described the proposal as anti-constitutional. […]
Visvaldas Matijošaitis is celebrating his victory in Kaunas after the first round, however in the other big cities, a fierce struggle over the post of mayor is only beginning. […]
In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, which includes information from manosusitikimai.lt, official work calendars, and personal websites of the parliamentarians. […]
What can we predict about the nearing presidential and European Parliament elections now that the municipal elections ended? […]
Something special should be said on a morning such as this. Indeed, elections, which are the most important for most, were just held. Firstly, important because mayors and municipal council members are the closest to the people of all the branches of government. And second, these elections will change the owners of many offices, Rimvydas Valatka said on Žinių radijas. […]
On Sunday night, the results of the municipal council and mayor elections emerged. Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) political scientist and docent Mažvydas Jastramskis spoke that these elections were akin to three exams: an exam of democracy, an exam of the party system and an exam of the government. […]
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