Gintautas Paluckas
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Landsbergis‘ praise of Paluckas has angered the Social Democrats

The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) leader Gabrielius Landsbergis‘ comment that the most suitable candidate to lead the crisis struck Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) would be Vilnius vice Mayor Gintautas Paluckas has […]

In the Seimas during a plenary session
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Survey: new ratings are unfavourable for not only Karbauskis

The Chairman of the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Ramūnas Karbauskis has some concerns. While his party is the most popular, its ratings are gradually slipping. Last December the party’s popularity reached a peak […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Dalia Grybauskaitė
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Skvernelis rising and the President – Butkevičius 2.0, conflict or duumvirate?

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has quickly become the voters’ favourite. According to public opinion surveys his popularity has exceeded 70% and passed even the ratings of President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The last time she faced such […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker mentions impeachment for Bastys, PM sees no grounds

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said that the parliament might open an impeachment procedure against Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys, if he does not decide to step down from the Seimas leadership and the parliament itself after the State Security Department refused to give him access to classified information due to his personal links with criminal figures and representatives of Russian energy companies. […]

Mindaugas Bastys with president Dalia Grybauskaitė on March 8
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Seimas speaker: Bastys must resign from Seimas leadership amid security materials

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday urged Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party, to step down from the post of parliamentary vice-speaker. […]