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ELECTIONS. Incredible fortune – the disappearance of A. Paleckis’ loan

October 21, 2016 DELFI 0

The image of the controversial candidate to Seimas in the Vilnius Naujoji Vilnia district Algirdas Paleckis, who cannot boast any big income, is fairly paradoxical. He has received considerable sums from what is suspected to be the unemployed and pensioners, lives in a house on Laurai street, while a half million litas loan mysteriously up and vanished following some scandalous rhetoric from Paleckis, who had no income to cover the loan himself. […]

ELECTIONS. SocDems after losing – three alternatives for their future

October 19, 2016 LT Daily 0

The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do after this loss to Gabrielius Landsbergis’ Conservatives and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants”? […]

ELECTIONS. Social Democrats – better off in the opposition?

October 17, 2016 LT Daily 0

As many times before, ratings and prognoses proved to be off the mark in Lithuania. The most hurt by it this time were the coalition parties. The Social Democrats who earned 183,500 votes lost two […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Gabrielius Landsbergis

ELECTIONS. Crumbling Social Democrat lead. Analysis

October 4, 2016 DELFI 0

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. […]

The leader of Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party, MEP Rolandas Paksas, said on Monday he had proposed three new candidates for the post of interior minister after Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius rejected the candidacy of MP Povilas Gylys. […]

ECHR report criticises Lithuania over poor prison conditions, gender reassignment and Paksas

April 4, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A report by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) criticizes Lithuania for failing to improve living conditions in the country’s prisons, legislate gender reassignment and pass legislation allowing the impeached former president Rolandas Paksas to run for office. […]