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Leader of Democrats For Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, argues that the party’s performance in presidential, European and Lithuanian Parliamentary elections this year proved that his party made the right choice a couple of years ago when it split from from the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS). Democra...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis calls to examine Russian interference in Moldovan presidential elections and the referendum on membership in the European Union (EU). On Monday, President of Moldova Maia Sandu stated that the country has faced the Kremlin’s unprecedent...

Aušrinė Armonaitė says the Freedom Party has observed a rise in applications to join the party which did not win seats in the first round of elections to the Seimas.

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...

The Seimas has decided to hold early mayoral elections in Jonava on 16 March 2025. The town in central Lithuania with a population of some 27,000 seeks a new head after court found ex-mayor Mindaugas Sinkevičius guilty of abuse of office and forgery.

The election outcome has changed in the Utena single-member constituency after ballot recount, with a Social Democrat dropping to the third place from initial results, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said Tuesday.

On Wednesday, speaking about 2024 parliamentary elections, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė stated that head of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Gabrielius Landsbergis „is finished“ and „is in total agony“. The statements have sur...

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement, met with President Gitanas Nausėda in the Presidential Palace on Friday. The meeting centred on the need to have all the branches of government cooperating during the election period, she said afterwards.

Half of Lithuanians intend to vote in elections to the Seimas this October, a poll has revealed.

The pre-election mood may impede the Parliament’s upcoming autumn session, says President Gitanas Nausėda.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) says a 49-year-old man named Andrius with a wealth of nearly EUR 166 thousand is an average candidate standing in the election to the Seimas this year.

The Christian Democracy Party led by MP Mindaugas Puidokas has revealed its candidates to be included in the Peace Coalition for elections to the Seimas due on 13 October.

The Lithuanian Regions Party has approved a final list of its candidates for the upcoming elections to the Seimas, with chairman Jonas Pinskus in the top position. Širvintos Mayor Živilė Pinskuvienė, spouse of Pinskus, was ranked the last at the party’s board meeting on Friday.

Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė will top the party’s list of candidates in elections to the Seimas this October.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has registered a total of 19 parties for elections to the Seimas due in October.

Leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS), Ramūnas Karbauskis, would not support the candidacy of Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas for the prime minister’s seat. He fears that Paluckas lacks competences to lead the Government, contrary to President Gitanas Nausėda’s claims.

National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas says he does not rule out seeking to lead the ruling Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) but wants to wait for results of the general election first.

On Thursday, leadership of the party Democrats For Lithuania will convene a meeting of the party’s board to approve the list of candidates for parliamentary elections and its election programme.

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) completed ranking its candidates for upcoming parliamentary elections.

Members of Generation Z are still somewhat indifferent towards elections. The Presidential elections and the referendum regarding the retention of citizenship (both took place on 12 May) caused a lot of discussions online, but the young generation received the most attention. People often say that t...