Leaders of Lithuanian parliamentary political parties on February 10 agreed on closer coordination of efforts to block electricity from a nuclear power plant that Belarus is building in Astravyets, just around 50 kilometers from Vilnius. […]
Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Zigmantas Balčytis and Gintautas Paluckas are the three Social Democrats who, according to experts, are the most likely to take leadership of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP). However the SocDems would likely […]
“We are trapped. I have no doubt that our coalition partners’ strategy is to keep is silent and low, with no ideas or initiative. The current relations do not satisfy us,” Gintautas Paluckas, a candidate […]
On 1 February the Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library featured the first debate of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) chairman election campaign, following the decision to hold the election earlier. Four candidates […]
European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis of Lithuania has indirectly criticized the immigration ban imposed by US President Donald Trump, while other Lithuanian officials have chosen the tactic of silence and refrained from comments. […]
Yet another term in the office of Central Electoral Commission (VRK) chairman is concluding for Zenonas Vaigauskas. The government majority tells LRT.lt they wish to see a new leader of the VRK, but Vaigauskas himself […]
Having typically gone hand in hand the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have been finding it ever harder to find common ground. The Liberal’s unwillingness to […]
The scandal surrounding car lease and relationship with MP Greta Kildišienė has affected the rating of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, says sociologist Vladas Gaidys. […]
Lithuanian MPs Julius Sabatauskas and Andrius Palionis on Friday announced plans of running for leadership of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. […]
MEP Zigmantas Balčytis will run for the post of leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), but his colleague Vilija Blinkevičiutė is unlikely to join the leadership race after being chosen to head an important committee at the European Parliament (EP). […]
Neither the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) representatives in government, nor their coalition partners see any indications of attempts to overthrow the government. “I definitely do not wish to use such an expression. The […]
Lithuania’s decline on the annual Corruption Perception Index sends a message to the new government to avoid mistakes made by the earlier Cabinet of the Social Democratic Party and start specific tasks, says Sergejus Muravjovas, the head of the Lithuanian office of Transparency International. […]
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Gintautas Paluckas confirmed on Tuesday his intention to run for the post of leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). […]
Political parties of Lithuania intend to publish an agreement to commit to boycotting electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border. […]
On December 29th a one month old infant was submitted to a Vilnius hospital for multiple body bruises, skull fracture and brain haemorrhage. The suspect – the child’s father. That same day the doctors at […]
The Seimas elections have highlighted the chairmanship problems present among Lithuanian political parties. After election results came out, Social Democrat leader and former PM Algirdas Butkevičius said that he would resign from the post of […]
After long meetings with both the Conservatives and Social Democrats, on November 9 the winner of the Seimas elections, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union signed a coalition agreement with the Social Democrats. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that triumphed in last October’s parliamentary elections, continues to gain in popularity, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that common grounds are still found with the new ruling majority, adding that the Peasants and Green Union does not only work hard to keep its election promises but is also capable of hearing criticism and other opinions. […]
Facing a leadership crisis and internal bickering, the members of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) have snapped – the decision to join a coalition with Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants” is being described as a mistake […]
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