Having typically gone hand in hand the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have been finding it ever harder to find common ground. The Liberal’s unwillingness to […]
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson has expressed support to the idea of establishing a Vilnius Museum in the country’s capital. […]
Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of the Liberal Movement has been urged by a group of parliamentarians to found a museum of the Lithuanian capital. […]
The Great Synagogue of Vilnius that was razed to the ground during the Soviet rule should be rebuilt at least in part, however, the idea cannot be implemented in the nearest decade, says Remigijus Šimašius, mayor of the Lithuanian capital. […]
The year begins with continuing old issues and unresolved questions. One of them is the idea of a monument for Lithuanian citizens who helped rescue Jews in Vilnius. Such a monument was suggested by one […]
Research commissioned by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre shows that more than two thirds of ethnic minority representatives view Russian President Vladimir Putin positively. Making a sad joke, former head of the centre, now member […]
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly. […]
After opening the final stretch of the Vilnius western bypass on Tuesday, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said the 105 million euro section will help solve traffic jam issues in the northern part of the Lithuanian capital. […]
In the summer of 2015 Vilnius municipality removed four Soviet statutes on the Green Bridge linking the suburb Šnipiskes with the city center. The statutes represented farmers, students, industrial workers and “defenders of peace”, depicting Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from the Nazis in 1944 and subsequently imposed the second Soviet occupation. The statutes were a prime example of Soviet realism and for Soviet standards quite innocent: there was little heroism to be seen, no images of political leaders like Lenin or Stalin, just examples of four classes of Soviet citizens being part of Soviet life. Yet for Vilnius mayor Remigijus Šimašius they depicted a lie and for that reason should not be retained: “The statues represent a lie. Their heroic portrayal of the Soviet people – that is all a lie … The statues are a mockery of the real people who had to live during the Soviet period.” […]
Liberal Movement Chairman, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius admits that a year ago and later there were talks of a potential coalition with the Peasant and Greens Union, however the Liberal Movement chose to remain in […]
Conservative (TS-LKD) public discourse has continued to suggest and now they have formally stated in negotiations with Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) that they would like to see the Liberal Movement included in their […]
Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking about money in this article because much has already been said while analysing the financial declarations of candidates. Today we speak of that which everyone is concerned with – who will win the second round and form the coalition government. […]
With the first round of elections concluded, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) remains fairly reserved, awaiting second round results. They are currently neck and neck with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who have exceeded their […]
The Liberal Movement has set up a work group for negotiations with potential coalition partners and have agreed on the topics they want to see included in the new cabinet’s programme. Liberal Movement representative Martynas […]
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement, which has already secured eight mandates in the country’s 141-seat parliament, is readying for negotiations with the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says Eugenijus Gentvilas, the number one candidate on the Liberals’ election list. […]
Rezidor, one of the most dynamic hotel groups worldwide and a member of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, is proud to announce the signing of the first Radisson RED in the Baltics, Russia & CIS region. The hotel will be in Vilnius city centre, next door to the existing Radisson Blu Lietuva hotel and only a short walk from the historical Old Town. The around 200 room Radisson RED Vilnius is expected to open its doors by early 2020, the organisers announced in a press release. […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, said after casting his early ballot in parliamentary elections he expected the Liberals to have a larger political group than they had before. […]
An offshoot of a different party “We will wipe corruption out with a bang. Call me and I will tell you how,” was a line in the LRLS commercial, uttered by Remigijus Šimašius, the man […]
With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close pursuit. While there are a number of coalition variants being discussed, the final outcomes of this election are currently anyone’s guess. […]
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