Society
Vilnius Municipality to become patron of Russian cultural festival
Vilnius Municipality well be the patron of a festival of Russian culture that will place in Vilnius in June. […]
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Politics
Labor party’s popularity up, liberals’ down – survey
The Labor Party‘s popularity in Lithuania is rising after its founder Viktor Uspaskich took the lead again. Meanwhile, a report published by the State Security Department has pushed the liberals’ rating down, a new survey shows. […]
Society
Hundreds gather in Vilnius cemetery to mark end of WWII
Hundreds of people gathered in Vilnius’ Antakalnis Cemetery on Wednesday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II. […]
Politics
CORPORATE
Why A. Duda passed by Basanavičius‘ grave and what do other signals sent by him mean?
After the Polish President Andrzej Duda‘s visit to Lithuania, which ended this weekend, talks have begun about warming relations between the two states, LRT.lt writes. The Lithuanian president declared that she would not support potential […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Centre Party beats Liberals in popularity – BNS/RAIT survey
The Lithuanian Center Party headed by MP Naglis Puteikis has for the first time passed the Liberal Movement on the popularity poll, ranking among the country’s four most popular parties, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Liberals, Šimašius losing popularity – BNS/RAIT poll
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement, which has been battling a leadership crisis and recently lost state funding over financing violations, is also losing the support of the voters, shows a poll conducted by the market research company RAIT for BNS Lithuania. […]
CORPORATE
“Farmers” already in agreement with Polish Electoral Action over coalition?
While the Social Democrat Party branches proceed with consultations over the prospects of continuing work in the ruling coalition with the “Farmers”, the latter may already have come to terms with the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Union (LLRA-KŠS). “I could neither confirm, nor deny this,” LLRA-KŠS leader Valdemar Tomashevski told LRT.lt after a Wednesday meeting of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the “Farmer” management in Seimas. […]
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The cold friendship between Lithuania and Poland
Posters on bus stops across Vilnius remind us that, this autumn, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary since most countries in the world resumed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Lithuania. The events will probably also celebrate the relations between Lithuania and Poland. Although there is little to celebrate: looking at the last five years, we must state that there has been considerable regress. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Polish party leader not to run for Seimas seat
MEP Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Union of Christian Families, has decided not to run for parliament in elections this October.
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Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania changes name ahead of elections
The Lithuanian Poles‘ Electoral Action party headed by Valdemar Tomaševski is changing its name to Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance. “This is good news for all voters who care about […]
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European Union
Social democrat and liberal Lithuanian MEPs ‘most active’ in European Parliament
Social democratic and liberal members of the European Parliament are the most productive Lithuanian delegates, according to mepranking.eu, a website analysing the record of MEPs. […]
Politics
Lithuanian politician sparks controversy by meeting Russian TV channel head
The leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) MEP Valdemar Tomaševski says there is nothing sensational about his meeting with representatives of Russian TV channel Perviy Baltiysky Kanal (First Baltic Channel). […]
European Union
Lithuanian MEPs have split opinion over EU refugee plan
At the European Parliament (EP) vote in Brussels on Thursday on distribution of 120,000 refugees among European Union (EU) member-states, the opinions of Lithuanian MEPs split. […]
Society
Polish school students go to church service instead of classes in protest of Lithuania’s education policy
Students of some of Polish-language schools in Lithuania skipped classes on Wednesday in protest of education provisions and went to a church service instead. […]
European Union
Who are most active and passive Lithuanian MEPs
Lithuanian MEPs Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Zigmantas Balčytis of the Social Democrats and Liberal Antanas Guoga were the country’s most active members in the European Parliament over the 1st year of their term, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
Politics
Hard times ahead for soon-to-be ex-mayor of Vilnius
As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]
European Union
EP vice-president criticizes Lithuania for violating LGBTI rights
Amid the European Commission’s (EC) analysis whether the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information is in line with the European Union (EU) law, a group of MEPs on Thursday criticized the Baltic state for the continuing discrimination of LGBTI people. […]
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Moscow is getting ready for a hybrid war with Lithuania. Is the Polish minority going to be the flashpoint?
Another series of Russian provocations involving the Baltic states, related to the Ukraine war, makes so-called hybrid war scenario more and more realistic within the region of the Baltic Sea. The incidents that took place so far, such as the Internet existence of “People’s Republic of Vilnius” or the hooligan attacks on the Polish Embassy in Vilnius, seem to suggest that the Kremlin is going to use the Polish minority of Lithuania, along with the tough history of the Polish-Lithuanian relations, as the basis for its activities, aim of which would be to destabilize the region. […]