Seimas Statute Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

A. Kubilius’ response to R. Karbauskis: offering to uncover, why the “Farmers” backed the Conservatives

July 12, 2018 Media Briefing 0

With the “Farmers” announcing their intent to initiate a new parliamentary investigation, former prime ministers Andrius Kubilius of the Conservatives and Algirdas Butkevičius of the Social Democrats do not conceal their negative view of such […]

Foreign minister calls stalling of EU-Canada trade pact ‘narrow-thinking’

February 22, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius criticizes the country’s parliament for stalling discussions on the CETA trade pact between the EU and Canada. […]

Seimas speaker to sack official ethics chief

January 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis of the ruling Peasant and Green Union has pledged to initiate sacking Romas Valentukevičius from the post of the head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis at the DELFI TV conference

Karbauskis calls for regulating MPs vacations by law

December 28, 2016 BNS EN 0

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that lawmakers’ vacations must be formally regulated by law and that this issue will be addressed while reviewing the Seimas Statute. […]

Mačiulis: Lithuania has been able to avoid shock and so the economy will contract the least

September 22, 2020 0

The coronavirus crisis has struck a major blow to the global economy. However, Lithuania’s economy was almost able to avoid economic shock, with the country posting among the smallest declines in its economy among all […]

Kubilius. When will a “Belarusian” democratic revolution take place in Russia?

September 16, 2020 0

Regional elections were held in parts of Russia on Sunday (September 13). All of Russia has found itself between Khabarovsk in the Far East, with relentless protests throughout the summer, and Belarus, with a real […]

“K-shaped” recovery and have the Baltic economies joined the Northern European League?

September 15, 2020 0

The COVID-19 recession was widely expected to be the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression and much worse that the Great Recession of 2008-2009. It can still be, but recent economic data suggests […]

The Façade Democracy in Lithuania: Elections Exclusive to those already in Parliament

September 14, 2020 0

Lithuanian politicians have been devotedly active in their fight for democracy in neighboring countries, and yet are more than willing to come to terms with the façade democracy they themselves have created in Lithuania. The […]

What Happens to Belarus after Lukashenka Falls?

September 12, 2020 0

The current Belarusian transformation could be leading to results similar to those of the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia rather than of the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. Yet, the pathological relationship of Moscow’s […]

Why is there going to be a future increase in Lithuanians returning from abroad?

September 7, 2020 0

During the month of June 2020, there were 2,153 people more returning to Lithuania than leaving. It became a record since the restoration of independence, however, it is believed that the record will not stand […]