Analysts in Lithuania are alarmed that Francois Fillon, the favorite in the French presidential elections, may constitute a threat to the Baltic states due to his friendly attitude towards Russia. […]
The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a party document titled “The Soft Russia‘s Containment Strategy” (Minkštoji Rusijos sulaikymo strategija“), among the contents […]
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party’s leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections. […]
Jurgis Razma, a long-time member and significant conservative figure in the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic party, has stepped down as a member of the party’s leadership in response to internal party conflicts.
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It is still anybody’s guess how voters will react to the corruption scandal of former Liberal Movement chairman Eligijus Masiulis. Until the scandal broke, polls showed the Social Democratic party, the Liberal Movement and the […]
Most observers reckon that, after the Seimas elections, the nucleus of the ruling coalition will be made up of Social Democrats and Liberals, with Ramūnas Karbauskas’s Peasant and Green party and other independent parties contributing to the coalition as well. […]
Conservative MP Rasa Juknevičienė has proposed amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government which would limit the number of consecutive mayoral terms of office so that the same person, a member of a local council, could not be elected mayor more than two or three times in a row. […]
MP Rasa Juknevičienė from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) parliamentary group of the Lithuanian parliament has been elected as the main rapporteur of the Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which is taking place in Stavanger, Norway. […]
Rasa Juknevičienė and Arvydas Anušauskas, conservative members of parliament, have addressed Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence Artūras Paulauskas asking to include in the agenda of the nearest meeting the issue of privatisation of arms factory Giraitės Ginkluotės Gamykla. […]
With tensions flaring up again in eastern Ukraine after Russian-supported separatists attacked Mariupol, killing 30 civilians, policymakers and observers in Lithuania are particularly touchy when it comes to relations, or lack thereof, with Russia. Their ire can even fall on someone from their own team if he or she is as much as suspected of sympathies for Russia. […]
After the far-left Syriza party won Greek parliamentary elections, Lithuanian parliamentarians say they do not expect major changes in Europe, as politicians tend to mollify their stance after coming to power. […]
The Baltic Way has turned Lithuania into a “gaunt wasteland”, “Dutch intellectuals apologize to Putin”, “Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea!”. A group of people who call themselves “national socialists” are sharing these and similar “news” and openly looking for supporters to help them broadcast their “truth”. […]
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