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The Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party could back the presidential bid of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis if he chose to run for president, however the party is also considering the candidacies of Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, ...
Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) political scientist Mažvydas Jastramskis has analysed trends in Seimas elections and noted that Lithuanian voters are particularly conscious of the “second choice”, thus politicians should remain aware of which ...
The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on National Security and Defence of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania have released a joint statement condemning Russian actions against Ukrainian Navy ships on 25 November, 2018.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the law on party funding, thus paving the way for the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania (LSDDP), which was established after the last general election, to get a state subsidy.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, invited Palestinians to set up a representative office for the Baltic countries in Vilnius and called for closer security cooperation between Lithuania and Israel.
The Seimas opposition blocked on Tuesday an overhaul of public funding of political parties that would have paved the way for allocating over 200,000 euros in state budget funds to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
The Lithuanian parliament plans on Thursday to make a final decision on an overhaul of the model of public funding of political parties.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday criticized legislative initiatives to lower the referendum threshold as "irresponsible" and "dangerous", calling on lawmakers to instead look for ways to encourage voters to turn out for a dual citizenship referendum.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, will pay an official visit to Israel in mid-October.
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats on Tuesday called on Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius to consider a possibility to move Lithuania's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, following in the steps of the United States.
The Lithuanian parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution suggesting 44 names for inclusion in the so-called Sergei Magnitsky list of people to be barred from entering the country.
A few dozen members of the Vilnius office of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have terminated membership in the political force.
