SocDems in the Seimas
Economy

A bunch of amendments to Labour Code registered in Seimas

Just a week after the Lithuanian parliament overrode the president’s veto on the new Labour Code with a promise to improve the package, adopted in June, before next month’s general elections, lawmakers, mostly from the Social Democratic political group, have started putting forward amendments. […]

Algirdas Sysas, Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS.Social Democrats and “Peasants” on partnership, artificial insemination and language

Representatives from the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) met in a Delfi electoral debate in an exchange of opinions. LVŽS Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis spoke for his party, while the LSDP was represented by deputy party Chairman and Seimas deputy Chairman Algirdas Sysas. Key focus in the exchange were artificial insemination, the writing of last names in original language in identification documents and matters of partnership. […]

Romas Lazutka
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS 2016: Economics. Lazutka: Impressed with Skvernelis

On the evening of September 13 a political debate featuring the top five largest Lithuanian parties was broadcast on LRT Television. The topic of the debate – economics. The debating parties were the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS), the Labour Party (DP) and the Liberal Movement (LS). LRT.lt interviewed a number of political, economics, business, law and public relations experts and asked them to rate party performance from 1 to 5. […]

Juozas Olekas
Politics

Lithuanian President: Defence minister must step down

Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas must step down because of the scandal over the army’s overpriced purchases that discredits not only the national defence system, but also the state and the Social Democratic Party, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]

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Which is the oldest and the youngest Lithuanian party?

The average age of six biggest Lithuanian parties’ top candidates is around 50 years, 15min.lt reports. The analysis has been done after the six most popular national political parties – the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
CORPORATE

Social Democrats cling to top of ratings but face competition as elections approach

Surveys show that if the Seimas elections were to be held next weekend, the Social Democratic party would win in its multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democrats have been the most popular party in Lithuania […]