Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

The latest public opinion poll shows growing support for incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in the 2024 presidential elections. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė continues to follow, with a similar number of votes as a month before.

If Lithuania held the parliamentary elections on the nearest Sunday, the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would win most of the votes, the latest survey by Spinter tyrimai for the news website delfi.lt finds.

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.

The State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) says that 484 thousand Lithuanian residents donated a total of EUR 26.8 million as part of their personal income tax (GPM) in 2022.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would secure the most votes in parliamentary elections, a poll published by the daily Lietuvos rytas indicates. The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) meanwhile dropped from the second to fourth spot in one month.

The newly elected mayor and councillors at the Vilnius district municipality were sworn in on Friday, with the decision on the ruling coalition at the council yet to come.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda condemned on Tuesday a recent remark by Arunas Valinskas, a TV show host and a former parliamentary speaker, about MEP Valdemar Tomasevski, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA).

Ingrida Simonyte, the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats' lead candidate, was the only party leader to secure an outright victory in single-member constituencies in Sunday's first round of voting.

Ingrida Simonyte, the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats' lead candidate, and Ceslav Olsevski and Beata Petkevic of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) scored victories in Sunday's first round of voting in single-member constituen...

At 1am, Monday, the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats party has been leading in Lithuania's parliament election in the multi-member constituenc.

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius will lead the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party's candidate list in October's parliamentary election, the party's presidium decided on Thursday.

Since spring 2017 MPs have published a total of 3597 meetings with interest groups and registered lobbyists. In autumn of 2019, 74 MPs declared 683 such meetings, which makes it the second most active session of this Parliament. The report conducted by Transparency International Lithuania draws on t...

Lithuanian Transport Minister Jaroslav Narkevic has denied President Gitanas Nauseda's claims that he has employed 20 people with links to his party in the transport sector.

MEP Valdemar Tomasevski, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, has refused to comment on the president's reproaches for the party's representative, Transport Minister Jaroslav Narkevic, saying that the Advent is a wrong time for pressure.

Fifty-three Lithuanian MPs have signed a document expressing no-confidence in Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, and calling for his removal from office.

The formation of a new political group in the Lithuanian parliament was on Wednesday announced during a plenary sitting on Thursday.

Lithuania's new Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene says firefighters and border guards will be a priority when raising wages next year, adding that the move will be aimed at closing the pay gap among statutory services.

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, backs a parliamentary investigation into Russia's influence on the Lithuanian political system and individual politicians.

Three new ministers were sworn in in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday, with new ministers of interior, agriculture and transport appointed following the government overhaul.