The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement on Thursday announced that they will be in the opposition.
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On Thursday, 7 November, the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) held coalition talks with the Liberal Movement. Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement, afterwards told the media that both parties share similar views on human rights issues but their opinions on taxat...
After parliamentary election runoff the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) vowed to hold coalition talks not only with Democrats For Lithuania, the Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Nemunas Dawn party but also with the Liberal Movement. Yet a representative of the latter, MP Eugenijus Gentvilas, s...
The Liberal Movement’s leader Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says she has discussed the contours of potential ruling coalitions with President Gitanas Nausėda. Speaking to reporters after the meeting on Monday afternoon, the current Seimas speaker also revealed that her party has not received an invitati...
The Liberal Movement may support some taxation changes in the next parliamentary term, its MP Eugenijus Gentvilas has revealed. Yet he stressed that the party would oppose proposals on drastic income redistribution.
Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement, thinks that discussions between centre-left parties on the next ruling coalition began prematurely last week and may negatively affect parliament. Lithuania held the first round of 2024 elections to the Seimas on 13 Octobe...
The Liberal Movement is the only ruling coalition party that has widened its support since the previous election, says leader Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen. The election results show a recognition of the party’s work for the past four years, she says.
Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the Democrats For Lithuania, says he is confident Social Democrats, the Liberal Movement and his party would make up the most stable coalition.
Media reported on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Liberal Movement’s MP Eugenijus Gentvilas. On the same day, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberal Movement and speaker of the Seimas, held a meeting with Landsbergis, too. This comes as Lithuania is still deci...
The failed impeachment of an imprisoned member of parliament ruins the reputation of the Seimas, says MP Eugenijus Gentvilas, chair of the Liberal Movement’s group.
Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says that the parliamentary opposition is manipulating the verdict of the Court of Appeal in the so-called MG Baltic case to harm both the Liberal Movement and the ruling majority.
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.
Raimundas Kurlianskis will continue to serve his prison sentence separately from Eligijus Masiulis and Vytautas Gapšys, all of them convicted of corruption offences in the MG Baltic case.
President Gitanas Nausėda had the highest approval rating of all Lithuanian politicians in November, a poll shows.
Former MP Dalia Teišerskytė has passed away on 27 November aged 79, reports news website žmonės.lt.
Three men on Friday arrived to serve their prison sentences after the court found them guilty of corruption and influence-peddling in the so-called MG Baltic case earlier this week, police say.
President Gitanas Nausėda calls on politicians to refrain from commenting about the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the political corruption case involving several politicians, parties and MG Baltic company group.
On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal handed out a ruling in the political corruption case involving former vice president of MG Baltic company group Raimondas Kurlianskis and former leader of the Liberal Movement Eligijus Masiulis. The Court of Appeal has overturned the ruling of the court of first ins...
MP Silva Lengvinienė has withdrawn from the Freedom Party, a minor coalition partner, and joined the opposition’s party Democrats For Lithuania. The announcement was made on Tuesday, 21 November.
The Social Democratic Party (LSDP) remains the firm leader in public opinion polls, shows the latest survey commissioned by the news website delfi.lt that was conducted by Spinter.
