Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has cancelled the registration of Kęstas Komskis of the Order and Justice Party for parliamentary elections amid vote-buying suspicions, causing him to lose the MP mandate he won in the elections earlier this month. […]
With the Seimas election a week past, political scientist Vytautas Keršanskas compares it with previous elections and notes that this year’s coalition negotiations are particularly slow. In 2008 and 2012, politicians were inclined to form […]
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is in a deep crisis after suffering a crushing defeat in the recent parliamentary elections, Lithuania’s EU commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis said, calling on the party to stay in the opposition. […]
Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that his party will not hinder the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), which scored a resounding victory in the recent parliamentary elections, in their efforts to form a new ruling coalition. […]
If the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) formed a coalition government with the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), it is possible that the latter would disappear as a significant party after next election political […]
New faces in Lithuania’s parliament and government are a positive thing, Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus said on Tuesday, commenting on the results of the Seimas elections. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) took a landslide victory in the recent Seimas election, earning 56 mandates in total and is now eyeing not only the PM seat, but also the seat of […]
So far Ramūnas Karbauskis has been speaking of a broad coalition, with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) sitting on his right and the Social Democrats (LSDP) on his left. However neither of the two veteran parties want […]
The loss of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in Kaunas, a city long held to be a Conservative bastion, was caused by the rise of an opposing force believe political analysts spoken […]
Having won the victory in the Seimas election, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) participated in a Delfi press conference on Monday, answering key questions. The LVŽS earned 54 mandates in […]
Social Democrat representative Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has told Delfi that the election results are not crushing, just realistic. “I wouldn’t say that this is a crisis scenario, instead it is necessary to look at reality. I […]
One of the main factors behind the second round results is the large voter turnout and the failure to adequately gauge R. Karbauskis’ capacity to bring in voters believes Mykolas Romeris University political scientist Rima […]
With the Seimas election having concluded, it is time to sum up the results. The overall victory goes to the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) which has earned 54 Seimas seats. Add another two independents, who now associate with the party roll – 56. This is the largest single-party victory based on mandate numbers since the 1996 victory of the Homeland Union of 68 mandates. […]
The leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, on Monday said he assumed the responsibility for the poor election results, saying he had no plans for now to step down from party leadership. In his words, his staying in office will ensure the party’s stability. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has apologized for the parliamentary election results that were not successful for the conservatives, however, said there were no reasons for him to step down from the party leadership. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union that won a definite victory in the parliamentary elections, has expressed certitude that President Dalia Grybauskaitė understood the nation’s will. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, sees Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the party’s election list, or Bronis Ropė, a member of the European Parliament, as the party’s candidate to become the next prime minister. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she was inviting leaders of the parliamentary parties that won the Sunday’s parliamentary elections for a meeting later on Monday. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the Peasant and Green Union’s list for the parliamentary elections, is a negotiator with whom a deal can be negotiated, unlike Ramūnas Karbauskis, the latter party’s chairman, who “does nothing but draw red lines”. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, has won a seat in the Seimas in a single-member constituency in the traditional conservative stronghold of Kaunas. […]
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