Vytautas Bakas
Politics

MP Kasčiūnas gave no grounds to doubt him – Seimas security panel chief

Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, is skeptical about the proposal to remove conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas from the committee after he was questioned in a political corruption investigation. […]

Laura Matjošaitytė
Politics

Seimas opposition moves for no-confidence in election chief

Members of the opposition in the Lithuanian parliament are initiating a no-confidence vote against Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Gitanas Nausėda
CORPORATE

Ratings: Nausėda climbing rapidly, but no cause for celebration

Economist Gitanas Nausėda is rapidly climbing the presidential ratings lists – so far interviewed Lithuanian citizens would most often prefer to see him as Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s successor. However, political scientist Kęstutis Girnius says that it […]

We Accuse!
Politics

Some 5,000 gather in protest rally outside Seimas

Some 5,000 people gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament in Vilnius on Thursday afternoon to express discontent with the failed parliamentary vote to impeach MP Mindaugas Bastys and the performance of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (EU). […]