Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says that the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its ruling coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), unanimously approve of his decision to sack Romas Valentukevičius as head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK). […]
The Lithuanian government must explain the benefits of the proposed state forest management reform, which is opposed by some ruling and opposition lawmakers, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
In a move that is yet to be approved by the parliament, the Lithuanian government on Tuesday decided to streamline the management of state forests by merging the country’s 42 forestry enterprises into a single state enterprise named Lietuvos Valstybiniai Miškai (Lithuanian State Forests, or LVM). […]
The Conservatives take pride of their democracy. Former party leader Andrius Kubilius once suggested to hold general elections for party chairman and famously called it a “celebration of democracy”. Current leader Gabrielius Landsbergis has proposed […]
The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) will be holding direct elections for the post of its chairman in a month for the first time ever. While there are seven candidates, three are seen as the […]
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis have recently often spoken about the media attacking them being “corrupt”, though during the Seimas election campaign they spent almost twice as much […]
After suffering a defeat in the October 2016 general elections and having change of leadership, the Labour Party has lost over 1,000 members over the past six months, which is the biggest loss among all political parties of Lithuania. […]
The government programme implementation plan continues to remain as a secret. This was decided after today‘s cabinet and coalition representative meeting. The plan will be unveiled on March 1st, when it is posted on the […]
Car rent, hidden relations, furs and an expensive designer coat, national costumes, a grand piano in Seimas, opposition to anti-violence against children legislation and an attempt to change the in vitro fertilisation legislation which was […]
Public confidence in the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union has slightly declined, however, the party remains at the top of the popularity list, shows the latest Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
The first hundred days of the new Seimas which sparked hopes for change have been marked more by scandals and not by work. However political scientists note that three months is too brief a time […]
The forestry reform prepared by the “Farmers” will become the first real test of the coalition government. The Social Democrats have already declared that they will not support the reform which will merge the 42 […]
During the weekend Social Democrat presidium meeting the Social Democrat Chairman Algirdas Butkevičius expressed anger that the Farmer and Greens Union is not deliberating with the Social Democrats and is not organising any joint discussions […]
Prior to moving to the most important problem – the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) project it is worth at least briefly reminding of several present actors related to the topic Tomas Dapkus writes in […]
The first half of this year will decide what Lithuanian politics will be like in 2020 and beyond. Ideas will also play a more significant role than they have so far. The Homeland Union – […]
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) coalition partners, the Social Democrats are complaining that they are essentially unsure how the Saulius Skvernelis cabinet intends to implement most of its intended reforms. During a Saturday […]
Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party in ruling coalition with the Farmers and Green Union, on Saturday criticized the environment minister’s plans of merging all forestries into a single company. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis won the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) chairman election by a landslide, taking 62% of the vote. This victory was not unexpected, however the vast gap in votes was an unpleasant […]
In order to not vanish from Lithuanian political life the Labour Party and the Order and Justice Party have to take up clear value positions, furthermore they should consider finding stronger leaders. Such are recommendations […]
The Peasant and Greens Union ratings have dropped by 4.2% over the past month, however Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ popularity rose an entire 11.3% during the same time. […]
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