As many as 44 candidates on the list of the Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) are not party members, a third of the total. “Unlike other political forces, we did not require that our candidates […]
Former head of the State Security Department (VSD) Mečys Laurinkus will participate in October’s parliamentary election together with the Lithuanian Green Party, led by Linas Balsys. Balsys, who is a member of the current parliament, […]
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has concluded registration of campaign participants for the upcoming general elections this October.
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While the overwhelming majority of Lithuanians support their country’s NATO membership and the Allied presence in its territory, marginal groups and political parties across Eastern Europe are trying to rally an anti-NATO movement ahead of the Alliance’s summit in Warsaw this July. […]
The Liberal Movement, which was Lithuania’s second-most popular party just months ago, is facing the prospect of not crossing the 5% threshold needed to win parliament seats in October’s elections, the latest poll suggests.
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The Social Democratic party on Thursday released its electoral programme document which immediately drew criticism due to a number of factual errors that it contains. For example the social democrats promise to raise the annual […]
The so-called black Thursday on May 12, when law enforcement officers carried out searches at the home of the former leader of the Liberal Movement Eligijus Masiulis and allegedly found €106,000 in bribe money, changed […]
Lithuania’s social democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been gradually losing voters’ favour, a new poll suggests. […]
The upcoming elections will see a range of payouts by the Office of the Parliament hitting up to €1 million as members of parliament lose their seats, with their assistants also entitled to severance payments. […]
The Peasant and Greens Union have already decided on their two candidates for the prime minister’s position: former Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and MEP Bronis Ropė. […]
A voter survey conducted after the “black Thursday” on May 12 when news broke about bribery suspicions against former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis shows that voters have reacted strongly to the “Liberal scandal”. […]
The council of the Order and Justice party finalized its list of candidates to run for parliament in single-seat constituencies. The party, which is a member of the ruling coalition, has decided not to have […]
The controversy surrounding an alleged €100,000 payment to former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus Masiulis has been a disaster for his ratings but the party itself with new leadership could do even better in upcoming elections, […]
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania promised to increase the tax-free income of workers and create an additional €200 per child credit for all workers as they launched their election platform for the upcoming elections. […]
The referendum on dual citizenship will probably have to be moved to a later date, most likely to coincide with the Lithuanian presidential elections in 2019, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. Lithuanian expatriate communities have criticized plans to hold the referendum this October. […]
Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, who is the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, is giving up his seat in the European Parliament earlier than planned in order to concentrate on campaigning ahead of October’s general elections. […]
Lithuania’s Olympic discus champion Virgilijus Alekna has announced he will run for election to Lithuania’s parliament in the upcoming general elections. […]
The liberals are emerging as the leading centre-right force in Lithuania’s political field, overtaking the conservatives who have long been the go-to party for right-leaning voters. In the last general elections of 2012, the conservative […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union led by entrepreneur Ramūnas Karbauskis has announced some of their leading candidates for single-member constituencies. Public opinion and market research company‘s Vilmorus polling data from April shows that 11.1% […]
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