Defence
Seimas starts discussing updated National Security Strategy
Lithuania’s parliament is opening discussions into the updated National Security Strategy, a document that was last revised in 2012. […]
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Defence
Lithuania to step up defence ties with US
Lithuania is set to step up defence ties with the United States by signing the first bilateral cooperation agreement. […]
European Union
Lithuanians alarmed over French presidential elections
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. […]
CORPORATE
Will Conservatives ignore ‚Russian skeleton’ in Karbauskis’ wardrobe?
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 […]
Politics
Abromavičius, Šimonytė, Ušackas and Pavilionis among conservatives’ candidates for ministers
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. […]
Politics
Blow to new Lithuanian conservative leader as party old-timer resigns
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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CORPORATE
How will scandal affect Liberals’ voters and potential coalition partners?
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 […]
CORPORATE
Who’ll win the Seimas elections?
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. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP proposes to limit mayoral terms
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. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Juknevičienė elected main rapporteur of Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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. […]
Defence
Lithuanian parliament to consider privatisation of arms factory
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. […]
Foreign affairs
“Basketball diplomacy” puts Lithuanian diplomat under fire
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. […]
European Union
Lithuanian politicians not worried for eurozone after euro-sceptics triumph in Greek elections
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. […]
Society
Anti-Lithuanian propaganda delivered to people’s mailboxes
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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