Discussions surrounding Lithuania’s Labour Code reform is part of the global trend where capital is challenging workers’ rights and pushing to transfer all risks associated with business cycles onto labour, according to a Linköping University professor who analysed the discourse of both the advocates and opponents of the reform. […]
The Social Democratic party on Thursday released its electoral programme document which immediately drew criticism due to a number of factual errors that it contains. For example the social democrats promise to raise the annual […]
Lithuania’s social democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been gradually losing voters’ favour, a new poll suggests. […]
The board of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has decided to appoint the prime minister’s adviser, Justas Pankauskas, to the post of interior vice-minister. […]
With Lithuania’s parliamentary election campaigns gaining momentum, the Central Electoral Commission has had to take action over complaints of illegal political campaigning, reports TV3 Žinios. Opposition parties were up in arms last week after a […]
A voter survey conducted after the “black Thursday” on May 12 when news broke about bribery suspicions against former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis shows that voters have reacted strongly to the “Liberal scandal”. […]
It is still anybody’s guess how voters will react to the corruption scandal of former Liberal Movement chairman Eligijus Masiulis. Until the scandal broke, polls showed the Social Democratic party, the Liberal Movement and the […]
With elections in the offing, many of Lithuania‘s political parties are already mired in debt despite receiving large state subsidies, according to the Central Electoral Commission. The Liberal Movement ended 2015 in the worst financial […]
The controversy surrounding an alleged €100,000 payment to former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus Masiulis has been a disaster for his ratings but the party itself with new leadership could do even better in upcoming elections, […]
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania promised to increase the tax-free income of workers and create an additional €200 per child credit for all workers as they launched their election platform for the upcoming elections. […]
The leader of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, supports the idea of making an exception and lowering the threshold of the necessary number of votes in the planned referendum on dual citizenship. […]
If Lithuania’s general elections were to take place next Sunday, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) would receive the most support from voters at 12.6%, but the Liberal Movement are in a close second at 12.5%. […]
A letter with memes making fun of former Liberal Movement party leader Eligijus Masiulis has been leaked from the Social Democratic Party’s press and information center. “Load to your personal profiles and share. Good luck! […]
The Seimas Committee on Environmental Protection is considering asking the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office to investigate certain buildings built in the Pavilniai and Verkių regional parks to defend the public interest. […]
With parliamentary elections getting closer, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Labour Party have all promised to raise the minimum monthly wage during the next parliamentary […]
Antanas Sireika, a former head coach of the Lithuanian national men’s basketball team, plans to run for parliament this autumn on the Social Democratic ticket. […]
The Council of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has approved the party’s electoral platform with the key objective of creating a strong middle class to drive the country’s future development. The Social Democrats said the […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has promised to step down as the leader of the Social Democratic Party if the party has to return to the opposition benches after the upcoming parliamentary elections. Butkevičius said […]
A week ago, we saw the first opinion polls conducted after the launch of the official election campaign. Although things can change dramatically over the coming six months before October’s general elections, looking at “ground zero” situation can tell us much about how the campaign may develop and what results to expect. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has decided not to propose calling a referendum on dual citizenship to be held alongside parliamentary elections this October. […]
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