The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) has earned 19 mandates in the multi-mandate electoral district, another 42 politicians are vying to be elected in the second round in single-mandate districts. But Ramūnas Karbauskis, the […]
During their elections campaigns both the Conservatives (TS-LKD) and the “Peasants” (LVŽS) stressed the need for education and social reform. How the reform should be done, however, particularly education, is where their opinions split. For […]
Suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, may call into question the Order and Justice Party‘s overall results in the country’s parliamentary elections, the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on Thursday. […]
The first round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections has shown that the public is tired of scandal-ridden political parties, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
To imagine that journalist Rita Miliūtė could run for Seimas alongside Ramūnas Karbauskis would likely require a fall on the head from a height of two metres. Such is the evaluation of political analyst Rimvydas […]
With the first round of Seimas elections concluded, two candidates are facing off in Naujoji Vilnia. This showdown has been joined by famous economists, politicians and other public figures. Algirdas Paleckis of the non-parliamentary Socialist […]
The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), having been left third in the election, does not appear to be willing to let go of the reins of governance. Party leader, PM Algirdas Butkevičius stated that after […]
Kristupas Krivickas, one of the leaders of the Anti-Corruption Coalition of Naglis Putekis and Kristupas Krivickas spoke at Infodiena, claiming that despite failing to exceed the 7% vote barrier needed for his coalition to enter Seimas, he is is still happy with the election results, with the coalition coming in fifth in votes despite failing to enter Seimas. […]
Lithuania’s outgoing parliament was the one that appointed Zenonas Vaigauskas as the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, therefore, should evaluate his performance, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužnienė. […]
Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking about money in this article because much has already been said while analysing the financial declarations of candidates. Today we speak of that which everyone is concerned with – who will win the second round and form the coalition government. […]
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is convinced that the new Labour Code that the current Seimas passed recently is in dire need of amending, while employers should consider what sort of […]
With the first round of elections concluded, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) remains fairly reserved, awaiting second round results. They are currently neck and neck with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who have exceeded their […]
Tension continues to run high after the elections. The opposition parties have exerted dominance over their incumbent colleagues in single-mandate electoral districts as well where veteran politicians have had to concede to new challengers, being left in second places at best. Even fame has done little to offset this in some cases. […]
One of the winners of the Seimas elections, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) stresses its support of a social market economy. Their programme contains a number of proposals that can be seen as […]
The Liberal Movement has set up a work group for negotiations with potential coalition partners and have agreed on the topics they want to see included in the new cabinet’s programme. Liberal Movement representative Martynas […]
The elections haven’t even concluded yet, but the “Peasants” are already promising to work on the Labour Code. Meanwhile business representatives are critical of such plans, while political analysts are sceptical, believing that this is just a continuation of the electoral campaign. […]
Six political parties cleared the 5 percent threshold to take part in the allocation of 70 seats in Lithuania’s 141-member parliament, according to the preliminary results from all polling stations released late on Monday. […]
The Seimas elections stormed by and wiped out the incumbent coalition parties. Based on preliminary data the Homeland Union – Lithuania Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) led by Gabrielius Landsbergis is neck and neck for the lead […]
Though the number of Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) candidates entering the second round of elections is roughly equal, some specialists believe there is little to […]
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