Leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, continues to demand that the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) would not be included in the coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) following parliamentary elections.
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Ramūnas Karbauskis, chair of the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), assures that his party has put its aside its ambition and is ready to work with the Democrats For Lithuania but continues to call the force and its leader Saulius Skvernelis traitors.
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) says the incoming votes by post from abroad, a single-member constituency for World Lithuanians, will decide the final election outcome and are particularly important for the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), which barely crossed the threshold of votes for a joi...
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), says his party’s electoral result is '"particularly interesting". He earlier vowed to step down as the chair if the LVŽS failed to win seats.
Social Democrat leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė expects to include the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) in the ruling majority and plans to speak to its leader soon.
The Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) is set to have six representatives in the next Seimas.
The latest public opinion poll shows growing support for incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in the 2024 presidential elections. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė continues to follow, with a similar number of votes as a month before.
If Lithuania held the parliamentary elections on the nearest Sunday, the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would win most of the votes, the latest survey by Spinter tyrimai for the news website delfi.lt finds.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė believes that discussions are needed before deciding whether identical sanctions should apply on Belarusian and Russian citizens. According to her, potential political and economic ramifications should be considered.
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda vows to reveal next week if he is going to run for president in May 2024. He told the media earlier that there was just one unknown before he would finally make up his mind.
The political campaign for the presidential elections officially started on Sunday – six months before Lithuanians go to polls to elect the country's next president.
President Gitanas Nausėda claims that he still has not decided whether he is going to stand as a candidate and seek for re-election in 2024 presidential elections.
Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė says the party already has a presidential nominee who will be revealed next month. Lithuania will hold presidential elections in May 2024.
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) concluded Thursday that mayoral candidate in Pagėgiai district Kęstas Komskis grossly violated the Code on Elections by vote buying. It was found that at least 40 votes were bought in municipal elections in March 2023.
Files of 12 incumbent MPs were discovered among the documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Lithuanian archives, a journalistic investigation by news website 15min.lt has revealed.
Leader of the Freedom Party Aušrinė Armonaitė has announced that the party will nominate a candidate in 2024 presidential elections because incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda has not shown enough leadership and his voice has lacked on key issues.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas announced after the State Defence Council meeting on 24 July that Lithuania plans to sign a letter of intent on the acquisition of main battle tanks from Germany. Some members of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence have criticised the...
The latest poll has revealed that more people disapprove rather than approve of the Lithuanian Government’s activities, but respondents still find incumbent Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to be the best suited to head the Government.
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Parliament will decide whether to hold a snap election amid the municipal expenses scandal. However, views of political parties diverge on the issue.
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would secure the most votes in parliamentary elections, a poll published by the daily Lietuvos rytas indicates. The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) meanwhile dropped from the second to fourth spot in one month.
