Seimas elections

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Seimas 2020 elections: it will be a competition between 3 main rating leaders

The leaders of political parties participated in a sort of lottery – drawing the numbers their parties will be listed…

4 years ago
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Lightning keeps striking all year, will the villager start crossing himself?

I wish to immediately admit: the past year after the Seimas elections are still not enough time to strictly evaluate…

7 years ago
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Liberal Movement leader Šimašius: Party situation is unenviable

The President of the Liberal Movement Remigijus Šimašius calls the Attorney General's assertions that the Liberal Movement activities were financed…

7 years ago
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Kirkilas – ideas to reduce the number of members of Seimas come from the East

The “Farmers” are planning changes to the Constitution that will prevent members of Seimas from being cabinet ministers, as well…

8 years ago
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The struggle for TS-LKD chairmanship begins

On 1 February the Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library featured the first debate of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian…

8 years ago
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Communications expert – Karbauskis is fighting the news media

The Peasant and Greens Union Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis appeared in the centre of media attention already weeks ahead of his…

8 years ago
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Seimas starts debates on cutting MP seats, moving general elections to spring

The Lithuanian parliament started on Thursday debates on constitutional amendments aimed at cutting the number of seats in the Seimas…

8 years ago
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Political parties’ chairmanships crisis – who is next?

The Seimas elections have highlighted the chairmanship problems present among Lithuanian political parties. After election results came out, Social Democrat…

8 years ago
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Will the promised relations’ “reset” with Poland occur?

Already prior to the Seimas elections, the leaders of the new government promised to “reset” Lithuanian-Polish relations. Both Prime Minister…

8 years ago
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“Peasant” and Social Democrat union – who feels “uncomfortable”?

After long meetings with both the Conservatives and Social Democrats, on November 9 the winner of the Seimas elections, the…

8 years ago
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The greatest issue for R. Karbauskis and the “Peasants”

The Peasant and Greens Union along with its large batch of non-partisan candidates won the Seimas elections, with a number…

8 years ago
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Support for Peasants and Greens continues to rise

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that triumphed in last October's parliamentary elections, continues to gain in…

8 years ago
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Disabled voters didn’t have equal access in 2016 general elections

People with disabilities did not have an equal opportunity to cast their ballots in Lithuania's parliamentary elections last October as…

8 years ago
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President – the new government has enough strength to adjust

The new government has been making minor mistakes and has been observed to try and rush things, however it is…

8 years ago
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PM sees parlt elections as major 2016 event in Lithuania

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees the October parliamentary elections, which changed the country's political map, as the most important…

8 years ago
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President backs initiative to move Seimas’ elections to spring

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė backs the Peasant and Green Union's initiative to hold the next parliamentary elections half a year…

8 years ago
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MPs unimpressed by Peasants’ proposal to change election date

The ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union's idea of changing the date of parliamentary elections and curtail the current parliament's…

8 years ago
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Peasants aim to move Seimas elections to Spring

The current legislative term in Lithuania will be half a year shorter than usual as the next parliamentary elections are…

8 years ago
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Election promises left out of new govt’s programme – opposition

Lithuanian opposition lawmakers say that a significant part of the coalition parties' pre-election promises have not been included in the…

8 years ago
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Jastramskis on Conservatives – “I do not envy the party’s strategists”

During discussions of electoral results it was typically accepted that the results of some parties depend on voter turnout. The…

8 years ago