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Vainiutė steps down as Lithuanian justice minister (Updated)
Lithuanian Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė is stepping down from the post following criticism from President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Two sides of police reform
With the heads of the Interior Ministry and Police Department boasting that the police reform initiated several years ago has met expectations, representatives of police labour unions point to issues in the reform, Lietuvos Žinios […]
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Labour Party loses more members than any other Lithuanian party in past 6 months
The Lithuanian Labour Party has lost more members than any other political party in the country over the past six months, according to the latest figures provided to the Justice Ministry. […]
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Lithuania’s road to becoming a transit country for Chinese rail cargo
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai received only five cargo trains from China last year despite expecting several tens. A communications specialist from the company, Domas Jurevičius told LRT.lt that this occurred because it takes a great deal of […]
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SocDems hit lowest rating since 2016 elections – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
Confidence in Lithuania’s opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Lithuanian SocDem Labour Party to hold constituent assembly in late March
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party will hold its constituent assembly on March 24. […]
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The former Social Democrats are forming a new political entity from the remnants of various parties
“We will adhere to normal European social democracy and not the leftist manifesto released by our colleagues,” one of the initiators of the planned Lithuanian Social Democrat Labour Party, member of a Seimas group of […]
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MPs collect signatures for no-confidence vote in academic ethics guard
Lithuanian parliamentarians have collected signatures in support of discussing no-confidence in academic ethics controller Vigilijus Sadauskas faced with accusations of anti-Semitism. […]
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Young generation of politicians feel Lithuania to be lacking in trust
“Let us feel like the owners of our country, it is very important. If you think that Lithuania belongs to the politicians, to the Seimas or someone else, that’s where the problems begin. Lithuania is […]
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Social Democrat “rebels” creating an intrigue: No one is controlling us from Moscow
MPs who have withdrawn from the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), who have spoken of the creation of a new organisation, state that it will be done at “the politically most convenient time.” The former […]
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Another inquiry regarding relations with Russia: results shift due to one condition
Is it really true that most Lithuanian citizens support Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ position that Lithuania should renew political contacts with Russia? A survey that indicated support for his stance revealed that there was 52% […]
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Lazutka speaks on his withdrawal from Social Security Ministry: withdrew after seeing the real plans
Vilnius University professor Romas Lazutka, who withdrew from the post of advisor for the Minister of Social Security and Labour Linas Kukuraitis, explains that he lost hope that this majority will perform its electoral pledges […]
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Parties hurrying slowly to the elections
The presidential elections are no cause for parties to put in any exceptional effort. The Liberal Movement is prepared to be the first to name its candidate for next year’s presidential race while the other […]
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Seimas speaker expects parties to sign deal on defence funding
Amid disagreements of Lithuania’s opposition on further commitment among parties to raise defence funding, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis expressed hope for the deal to be signed. […]
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Conservatives ratings up, Farmers stable – poll
Ratings of Lithuania’s political parties remain stable, with the first place taken by the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), followed by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Order and Justice party just ahead of the Social Democrats, shows a Vilmorus poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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SocDems to propose candidate for president, Paluckas not to run for EP
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose a candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, the party’s council decided at its meeting on Saturday. […]
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G. Kirkilas: 2G against common Lithuanian foreign and defence policy
Two young political party leaders – the Conservatives’ Gabrielius Landsbergis and LSDP’s Gintautas Paluckas – two weeks ago ruined signing the traditional parliamentary political party agreement on foreign, security and defence policy for 2018-2020, which […]
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Algirdas Butkevičius specifies who will compete in the second round of the presidential elections
Former Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) chair and former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is sceptical of talks about S. Skvernelis choosing to not participate in the presidential elections. “It is not only gut feeling, but […]
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Potential pitfalls for G. Nausėda in the presidential race
Economist Gitanas Nausėda who is the current leading candidate in the presidential race is adhering to the same lines as former head of state Valdas Adamkus – remain a candidate who is calm, non-antagonising and […]
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Presidential election forecast – new favourite rising
December data from Spinter Tyrimai over potential candidates to the post of president presented a surprise – economist Gitanas Nausėda stepped over the other two favourites. Based on a survey commissioned by the Delfi news […]