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The three months leading up to a major election such as that to Seimas is filled with debate, political activism and accusations of slander and misinterpretation. No real changes occur, making it a rather dull time. It is, however, a time to consider a key problem that many young voters are faced wi...

Seimas electoral debates are to go on for four weeks leading up to the October Seimas elections. Politicians are to debate on the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The debate this time included representatives from the Order and Justice Party (TT), Lithuanian Green Part...

Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first deba...

Artūras Zuokas, the leader of the opposition in the Vilnius city council, has called for an investigation into malfeasance by ministers of finance in Lithuania.

The former mayor of Vilnius Artūras Zuokas loves a challenge and has now taken up a new and surprising profession for a former politician.

Some public procurement contracts signed in 2014 between Vilnius Municipality, then under the direction of former Mayor Artūras Zuokas, and private companies were illegal and should be annulled, said the Public Procurement Office.

Vilnius City Council will spend millions of euros regenerating the Neris riverbank, building two new swimming pools, improving cycle lanes and upgrading the city’s parks in the next year, but critics remain.

Former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas, leader of the Lithuanian Freedom Union, says his party is planning to approach the Liberal Movement about joining forces in the general elections this October.

The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s fi...

Lithuania does not necessarily need a flagship airline, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said in comments about the recent collapse of Air Lituanica, an airline founded by the city of Vilnius.

In an interview with The Lithuania Tribune, the new Vilnius Mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, revealed his administration’s Open Data Policy could have legal consequences for the city’s previous government headed by Artūras Zuokas.

The project on the upgrade and maintenance of street lighting networks in Vilnius may fall through as Italy’s Gemmo, the project contractor, may run out of time to agree with banks on funding.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Linas Kojala, Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. After the latest municipal elections, some of leaders of Lithuanian political parties announced about their resignations, or moving to a different level of politics. Is this a new trend in Lithua...

Outgoing Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (LLS), says that his defeat in Vilnius mayoral election will only push him to venture into national politics. Zuokas says that we will run for presidency in 2019.

As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend...