Šampanas taurė
Lithuania

Forecast for 2020 Seimas elections: too early to open champagne for some

With less than a year and a half to the 2020 Seimas elections, the parties were given an excellent opportunity to measure their strength through the European Parliament elections. Political scientists contacted by tv3.lt state […]

Presidential candidates
CORPORATE

These presidential elections will be different: intrigue awaits

The nearing presidential elections will be rather different to the past two. In 2009, there was a clear leader and a second round wasn’t even needed, while in 2014 a second round did happen, but there was very little intrigue, lrt.lt writes. This time, however, things will be interesting – it will definitely be a new politician, who will arrive in Daukantas Square. Will this bring about greater voter turnout? […]

No Picture
Politics

Founding and operation conditions for civic electoral committees should be more similar to parties’ – political scientist

With a third more civic electoral committees aiming to participate in the municipal elections than during the last, Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has stated that the conditions for establishing and operating parties should be simplified or made alike those of the committees. Political scientists believe otherwise – that committee founding and operation conditions should be made more akin to parties, whose accountability to voters is greater, lrt.lt writes. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
CORPORATE

The nation’s love for the president fading: where Grybauskaitė made a mistake

Political scandals have been reducing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s ratings for three months in a row now. Political scientists state that this was caused by both the corruption scandal, which drew the president in, as well […]