Politics
Liberal Movement picks MEP Auštrevičius as presidential candidate
MEP Petras Auštrevičius will be proposed as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. […]
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Lithuanian favourites surfacing: “Farmers” may have a plan B
Saulius Skvernelis is increasingly viewed as suitable for the post of prime minister, but in presidential candidate ratings, he is increasingly far behind the favourite candidate, economist Gitanas Nausėda. Based on a Spinter Tyrimai survey […]
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Nausėda, Matijošaitis, Skvernelis top poll on possible presidential candidates – media
Economist Gitanas Nausėda, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis top the list of people viewed as possible candidates for next year’s presidential election in Lithuania, according to the latest opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Friday. […]
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Into the elections under the flag of national spirit
The vision of MEP Valentinas Mazuronis, who has declared his intent to run for president, is a strong national state and civic society, forgoing excess prohibitions, reducing corruption and removing political intrigue. The politician believes […]
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Mazuronis going to presidential election to step up natl spirit
Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis who intends to run as an independent candidate for the 2019 presidential elections says his program is built on the idea of national spirit. […]
Politics
Ušackas, Pavilionis plan on running for president, Šimonytė, Nausėda mum
Lithuania’s former diplomats Vygaudas Ušackas and Žygimantas Pavilionis on Friday confirmed plans of running for early elections of the conservative party that will pick its candidate for president. […]
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Grybauskaitė, Matijošaitis, Skvernelis remain most popular figures – poll
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the country’s top three most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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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 […]
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Nausėda tops list of possible presidential candidates – Delfi/Spinter poll
Economist Gitanas Nausėda continues to top the list of people viewed as possible candidates for next year’s presidential election in Lithuania, according to an opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Thursday. […]
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Asking the people, who could be presidential candidates
With public opinion and market research centre Vimorus inquired, who could run for president, people chiefly mentioned three names: Gitanas Nausėda, Saulius Skvernelis and Visvaldas Matijošaitis. It is specifically this trio, which has been leading […]
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Rasa Juknevičienė. We had better learn to live without Russia
Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
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President, Kaunas mayor, PM Lithuania’s most popular politicians – poll
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis continue topping the list of Lithuania’s most popular politicians, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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Reactions to Ž. Pavilionis‘ act and advice for improvement
It is undeniable that the SEB bank president’s advisor Gitanas Nausėda may run for president, thus conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis decided that it is time to “remove” competitors, political scientist Raimundas Lopata told LRT.lt when commenting […]
Society
Philosopher Levinas’ centre planned in Kaunas, Lithuania
A center of Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, should be opened in Lithuania’s second city Kaunas, France’s Ambassador Philippe Jeantaud told Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Pavilionis’ slight to the party: calling on SEB shareholders regarding Nausėda
Seimas conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis has appealed to bank SEB’s shareholders, claiming that he is concerned by the “unambiguous and dangerous situation when one of the most prominent economists in the country both represents the SEB […]
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Parties hurrying slowly to the elections
The presidential elections are no cause for parties to put in any exceptional effort. The Liberal Movement is prepared to be the first to name its candidate for next year’s presidential race while the other […]
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Reflecting on V. Matijošaitis’ statements about Russia
“I am in favour of relations between all states, particularly neighbours, to be the best possible; for everyone to say “good morning” to one another,” Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis said regarding relations with Russia in […]
Politics
Kaunas Mayor Matijošaitis hits pedestrian in car accident
Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis hit and injured a pedestrian while driving his car on Tuesday morning. […]
Politics
Grybauskaitė, Matijošaitis, Skvernelis top Lithuania’s poll of most popular politicians
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains the most favored politician in the country, followed by Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, shows a Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
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The game V. Matijošaitis is playing
The candidate names floating around currently are likely to be the same ones we will see at the end of the road and new candidates may end up no longer surfacing, public relations specialist Arijus […]