The parties that are forming a ruling coalition announced on June 20 they had concluded negotiations on supposedly the most important factors – programme points. That said, this conclusion is somewhat odd. That is because […]
Skvernelis voters‘ votes will be very valuable for the presidential hopeful in the second round of the Lithuanian presidential elections. Left second in the first round of presidential elections, but has the greatest chances to […]
Lithuanian presidential elections, first round is up and Lithuanian people have spoken: they would like to see Ingrida Šimonytė and Gitanas Nausėda in the second round of Lithuanian presidential elections on May 26. This result […]
Last week, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced his presidential bid. This decision has finalised matters on the political stage. Gitanas Nausėda, S. Skvernelis and Ingrida Šimonytė gather 40% of the vote according to surveys. Another 40% of potential voters are undecided and the remaining 20% is shared by the other candidates. Thus, the number of candidates is growing and the intrigue is rising. How the presidential election campaign will develop and who has the highest chances was discussed by experts on Monday’s LRT Forumas, lrt.lt writes. […]
Politicians and public figures seeking the post of president once more took to defending their positions. This time it was at a discussion organised by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) – President 2019: Four Months to Decision, lrt.lt writes. […]
Ingrida Šimonytė and Gitanas Nausėda have decided to participate in the presidential elections. They are in neither the left, nor the right shelf, more uniting than divisive candidates and perhaps they are what Lithuania needs today, Lithuanian Act of Independence signatory Albinas Januška told lrt.lt. Furthermore, G. Nausėda would apparently be the main barrier to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis entering the second round of the presidential elections, if the PM did choose to candidate, lrt.lt writes. […]
Ingrida Šimonytė‘s ratings have risen significantly, bringing her to the second place in the presidential candidate ratings. The ratings of the other most popular candidates are stagnating, a survey by Spinter Tyrimai shows. According to […]
At the initiative of MEP Antanas Guoga, 27 MEPs have called on the CEO of Amazon Inc. Jeff Bezos in an open letter, urging to cease sale of goods featuring Soviet symbols on the Amazon online shopping platform. The appeal was signed by MEPs from Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Latvia, the UK, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, Portugal, Hungary and Spain, who represent the main political groups. […]
The campaign for presidential election in Lithuania officially started on Monday with seven candidates already lining up to take a seat from incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
The first clearer changes in the list of potential presidents have occurred with potential candidates starting to declare their intentions. Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis has dropped out of the top three. According to a poll […]
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) plans to name its presidential candidate late this year or early next year, the ruling party’s leader said on Tuesday, adding that he or she will be a person who will represent “the grassroots” of society. […]
With Conservative – Christian Democrat Vygaudas Ušackas declaring his participation in the presidential elections, political scientists have been debating, whose electorate he will draw – Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ or economist Gitanas Nausėda‘s, if either […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that she will not publicly support any candidate to replace her when her second presidential term ends next year. […]
With less than a year to go to the presidential elections, individuals, who have yet to declare their intent to become the head of state remain the most popular candidates. Political scientists and sociologists state […]
Six candidates have declared their intent to participate in the 2019 presidential elections: Naglis Puteikis, Aušra Maldeikienė, Valentinas Mazuronis, Petras Auštrevičius, Žygimantas Pavilionis and Vygaudas Ušackas. Of the aforementioned, only Vygaudas Ušackas appears worthy of […]
The largest political powers in the country – the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have begun “celebrating the feast of democracy” and are choosing, who to […]
Lithuanian economist and MP Aušra Maldeikienė, 60, on Monday announced her plans to run for president next year and is starting her election campaign with a tour around Lithuania. […]
Gitanas Nausėda retains the lead in the top three highest rated presidential candidates, with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis taking respectively second and third place. This is based on an April […]
Vygaudas Ušackas, who is seeking to become the Conservative candidate in the looming presidential elections, has applied a new tactic – praising President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Meanwhile his rival Žygimantas Pavilionis continues seeking to show that […]
MEP Petras Auštrevičius will be proposed as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. […]
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