Remigijus Žemaitaitis, Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Lithuania’s ruling LVŽS offers cooperation agreement to Order and Justice

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) invites the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas to sign a cooperation agreement, but it does not intend to bring it into the government coalition, the ruling party’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

The calm before the storm: a revolt brewing in the “Farmer” ranks

The threat of breaking up is looming over the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Seimas group: some ten members may withdraw from it. Povilas Urbšys, who left the “Farmers” last week and could have […]

Prof. Algis Krupavičius
CORPORATE

A few notes about the Augean stables of Lithuanian politics

Several last weeks with the e-mails from Eligijus Masiulis, former Liberal Movement Party leader and who is currently under criminal investigation, a scandal of e-mails from Ms. President with a „tulip“ pseudonym, hidden political influences from the MG Baltic corporation and leaked files from the State Security Department about politico-business relations at least partially opened the curtain of the backstage „kitchen“ of Lithuanian politics. Although it was not a big surprise to the insiders of national politics that instead of kitchen of politics we might be brought suddenly to the Augean stables. And exactly this has happened. A smell and picture here are far from nice. […]

Order and Justice Party congress
Politics

Lithuania’s Order and Justice Party plans no presidential candidate, Paksas again eyes EP

Lithuania’s opposition Order and Justice party plans to nominate no candidate for the 2019 presidential election, and the party’s former leader Rolandas Paksas will be the first candidate on the list for elections to the European Parliament. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

Does Paksas’ fate await the “Farmers”?

Despite the post-electoral euphoria calming down, the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) retains high ratings – their voters are resistant to the scandals appearing in the public sphere. Political scientists muse that the LVŽS […]