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Rising Peasant and Greens Union launch candidates
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union led by entrepreneur Ramūnas Karbauskis has announced some of their leading candidates for single-member constituencies. Public opinion and market research company‘s Vilmorus polling data from April shows that 11.1% […]
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‘For Šiauliai’ movement links up with Peasant and Greens Union
The Valerijus Simulikas-led movement, For Šiauliai, will participate in upcoming parliamentary elections on the Peasant and Greens Union list. The Union‘s leader Ramūnas Karbauskis said that his party was seeking to bring together all movements […]
Politics
Peasants and Greens Union put Skvernelis at top of Seimas candidate list
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LŽVS) has finalized its candidate list for October’s general elections. Former Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis is topping the list. […]
Politics
New poll shows major shifts in Lithuanian political parties support
A new poll has revealed surprising shifts in Lithuania’s political landscape with government parties’ support slumping. […]
Politics
Outgoing interior minister faces probe by electoral commission
Outgoing Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis could have breached official ethics by using the Ministry’s public relations resources for campaigning, according to the Central Electoral Commission. […]
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Karbauskis makes pitch to be Lithuania’s centrist party
One of the leaders of the Peasant and Greens Union, Ramūnas Karbauskis has said his party straddles both the right and left of Lithuanian politics but ruled out future coalition with a number of parties […]
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Peasant and Greens leader to challenge prominent conservative for Seimas seat
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has said he will run for parliament in a single-seat constituency in Panevėžys where he will challenge the prominent conservative MP Rasa Juknevičienė, former defence minister. Karbauskis […]
Freetime
Watch a live feed of this stork family that just returned to Lithuania from Africa
If you’re feeling pangs of longing for Lithuania’s historic cities and beautiful countryside, there’s a site that invites visitors to view live feeds from various points of interest throughout the country. Now that spring is coming in Lithuania, arguably the most popular feed out of those available – a stork family’s nest in the village of Naisiai – has livened up once again now that the family has moved back in. […]
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Skvernelis coup marks out Greens as rising star
With a slow but steady rise in their poll ratings, the Peasant and Greens Union have been seen by analysts as a rising star in Lithuania’s politics even before it snatched one of the most sought-after political newcomers, unaffiliated Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Energy
Lithuanian government must halt Belarus nuclear plant, say former heads of state
Two former Lithuanian leaders – ex-president Valdas Adamkus and the country’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis – have urged the government “to do everything in its power to immediately halt the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant” in Belarus some 50 km east of Vilnius. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s peasant party demands alternative to nuclear power plant project
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVZS) has criticized the memorandum signed between the Ministry of Energy and the Japanese corporation Hitachi and is demanding to provide an alternative to the planned Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project. […]