On Tuesday PM Algirdas Butkevičius spoke at the TV3 News studio. The main topics of discussion with Butkevičius, who is also the Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), were his role as PM […]
The September 22 evening debate on LRT television focused on the fate of higher education institutions, drawing expatriates back, ways to curb increasing alcoholism and how to increase incomes in regions. The previous debate was […]
Saulius Skvernelis, the highest rated candidate of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) spoke on the upcoming elections, the situation inside his party and his personal plans and aspirations at the TV3 News studio. […]
Drastically decreasing numbers of students, 82 study programmes shutting down this year due to lack of students, poor study quality and positions in global ratings, these are the problems most prominent in the Lithuanian higher […]
With only a couple of weeks remaining to the Seimas elections, the electoral campaigning isn‘t the only thing to reach a fevered peak, so are the calculations and debates on who will form the coalition […]
The three months leading up to a major election such as that to Seimas is filled with debate, political activism and accusations of slander and misinterpretation. No real changes occur, making it a rather dull time. It is, however, a time to consider a key problem that many young voters are faced with. […]
With the elections less than two weeks away the Lithuanian Free Market Institute looks at some of the key points of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) electoral programme and their significance. […]
After the major party debate, experts found the Conservatives (TS-LKD) and the “Peasants” (LVŽS) to have performed the most successfully, earning 33 and 31 points respectively. Meanwhile the Social Democrats (LSDP) left the experts disappointed, […]
Politicians tend to remind of their colleagues mistakes and failed pledges in the lead up to elections. Labour Party deputy Chairman Kęstutis Daukšys, speaking at the TV3 news studio, endeavoured to speak against the image […]
Speaking to LRT Radio, economist Gitanas Nausėda stated that one needs to have a strong imagination to call the Lithuanian Freedom Union’s (LLS) leader Artūras Zuokas a liberal. According to Nausėda many of the politician’s […]
While the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) is not expected to receive the most votes in the upcoming Seimas election, it is seen as a likely partner in whatever coalition government will arise following […]
With the Seimas elections nearing, LRT the Lithuania Tribune begins a special series on the main Lithuanian political parties. Meet the Order and Justice party. Planned to resign, but changed his mind The Order and […]
the electoral campaign for the upcoming Seimas term is already nearing its end. Due to the relatively low social payments, discussions on the social model, vast emigration rates and a tense relationship with Russia, political parties have been focusing on socio-economic and national defence, Ignas Vėgėlė, Chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian Bar Association, writes in DELFI […]
According to an opinion poll by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus, the top three most popular parties are more or less cemented in their positions by now. The situation is not quite as clear lower down in the rankings however. There are a number of parties in the upcoming election that, according to the poll data, are on the brink of being able to enter Seimas. […]
For each election citizens can read a number of lengthy party programmes with a series of promises from candidate parties, often fairly abstract promises to improve everything, with no substantiation as to how it will […]
Experts have observed that the Lithuanian People’s Party and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠS) electoral programmes discuss the same things, just in different wording. Furthermore they have noted that the […]
This year’s electoral campaigns have so far been fairly low key with relatively little public exposure. The only domain where this can be held as untrue has been social media, with many of this year’s […]
Both the coalition government and the opposition parties agree that too little tax revenue is collected in Lithuania and also that there is a need to reduce labour and property taxation. The means to do […]
To promote voting in general election this October amongst the diaspora, the Lithuanian Youth Association of the UK (JKLJS) with partners organized a political debate at the University College London. The event packed large Darwin hall with live streaming being watched by Lithuanians in the US, Netherlands and Norway. […]
The largest warchest for the current election has been gathered by the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) with a large portion being funds endowed from the state budget. The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) […]
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