Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is going on holiday in order to join the presidential election campaign. She is the nominee of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD).
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Lithuania's brand database officially states that an application to register a brand "For the Fatherland" was submitted on Dec 2.
Lithuania's presidential candidate Ingrida Simonyte described on Sunday the election campaign as tactful and even boring.
Lithuania's presidential candidate Gitanas Nausėda introduced his electoral campaign team and slogan on Tuesday, calling for creation of "new political culture" in the Baltic country.
It may not be that the largest budget is the deciding factor for a successful election campaign, however it remains an important factor in many cases. The ban on business contributions to campaigns has significantly changed the budgetary landscape, but parties still retain opportunities to benefit f...
With the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) requesting to cancel an interview with PM Algirdas Butkevičius in the LRT news show Laba Diena, Lietuva (Good day, Lithuania), citing a ban on politicians participating in Seimas elections from appearing on live television shows, there has been a backlash ...
The conservative leader is too young and inexperienced to be aiming for the prime ministerial post, meanwhile the political career of the former liberal leader, who is currently fighting corruption charges, is as good as over, says Jūratė Novagrockienė, political science professor at the General Jon...
Liberal Movement Council approved 32 new single member constituency representatives to take part in this year's parliamentary elections over the weekend.
One of the country's most famous athletes, discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna has said he had no plans to join the Social Democrats for the upcoming parliamentary elections, and may not take part in the elections at all.
The law on political campaign financing, adopted in 2011, bans politicians from accepting donations from corporate entities, although they can still accept support from individuals. However, politicians can bypass the rules and campaign through charity funds, Lietuvos Žinios reports.
While Lithuanian political parties tend to base their political campaigns on short term populist objectives, they mostly come up short when delivering on those pledges, an analysis by political scientists has shown.
Centre-right parties are likely to play the Russian threat card to mobilize their voters in October's general elections, political analysts say.
The Lithuanian branch of Transparency International (TILS), an international anti-corruption watchdog, has proposed a range of new measures to make Lithuanian political parties more transparent. They include requirements to publish more information about their financing and to impose stricter sancti...
