Order and Justice

Remigijus Zemaitaitis, the Order and Justice party's leader, has been ousted as vice-speaker of the Lithuanian parliament.

An Order and Justice leader expects philosopher Arvydas Juozaitis, one of the candidates in last May's presidential election, to lead a new political party that is being established in Lithuania.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda approved on Wednesday a reshuffled Cabinet with three new ministers.

The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) said on Tuesday it proposes MP Jaroslav Narkevic for the post of transport and communications minister and MP Rita Tamasuniene for interior minister.

Remigijus Zemaitaitis, leader of Lithuania's Order and Justice party, says he has already nominated a former ambassador and diplomat for the country's national defense minister, without disclosing the name.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania, the Order and Justice party and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance and the country's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis signed a coalition agreement on Friday.

Negotiators from four parliamentary parties in Lithuania, forming a new ruling coalition, will hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss key tasks until the end of this parliament.

Saulius Skvernelis will remain Lithuania's prime minister under the coalition memorandum signed by the leaders of three political parties in Lithuania, and the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania will nominate a new Seimas speaker.

The leaders of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania and the Order and Justice party on Thursday signed a memorandum on a ruling coalition and are waiting for the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance to join.

The Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania and the Order and Justice party are halting their coalition agreement with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union.

Social Democrat Vilija Blinkevičiūtė continues to rank as the most active Lithuanian member of the European Parliament and Waldemar Tomaszewski, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA), remains the least active, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported o...

Ratings of Lithuania's political parties remain stable, with the first place taken by the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), followed by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Order and Justice party just ahead of the Social Democrats, shows a...

Monday marks a year since the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections. BNS provides an overview of the key decisions taken by the new parliament, as well as the scandals it faced and the challenges it will still have to cope with.

The Lithuanian Liberal Movement has decided to end its coalition with the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats in the City Council of Vilnius and plans to form a new ruling majority in the capital.

Lithuania's Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, a member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Wednesday urged the party to decide whether it can continue working in municipal coalitions with the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party that last week faced corruption suspicions.

In a discussion at the European Parliament, Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas on Thursday called on politicians to refrain from criticizing plans to expand the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany and to look for benefits in the project that causes concern to the Lithuanian government.

The Lithuanian parliament's fall session may initiate more impeachment proceedings, in addition to the ones already launched against Mindaugas Bastys and Kęstutis Pūkas, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis.

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday that prosecutors have completed their pre-trial investigation into a case in which Rolandas Paksas, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, and Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas, are suspected of influence pe...