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The Lithuanian Greens Party on Wednesday presented its list of candidates running for elections to the European Parliament. It is the first women-only election list in Lithuania’s history, the party says.

More details have emerged about law enforcement’s raid at the Labour Party’s headquarters. The Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has announced that it is investigating misappropriation of property and document forgery.

Europarlamentarė iš Latvijos Tatjana Ždanoka dešimtmečius atvirai gynė Maskvos interesus, o neseniai tiriamosios žurnalistikos leidinys „The Insider" atskleidė, kad ši veikėja – Rusijos saugumo tarnybos FSB agentė. Tyrimas, kuriame dalyvavo Delfi.ee, Latvijos „Re:Baltica“ ir Švedijos „Expressen“, de...

On Thursday, 18 January, the Freedom Party announced that it had completed ranking its candidates for the upcoming election to the European Parliament.

The Lithuanian Youth Council wants that in municipal elections the voting age be lowered to 16 years. The Seimas’ liberals think that such age requirement could also apply to the European Parliament (EP) elections. DELFI has organised a discussion on this matter.

Non-attached Member of Parliament Mindaugas Puidokas was elected chairman of the Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party at its congress held on Sunday.

Former mayor of Vilnius city, Remigijus Šimašius, will participate in 2024 elections to the European Parliament.

The Seimas’ opposition Democrats For Lithuania group has started collecting signatures calling for a snap election after MPs on Thursday failed to impeach the Labour Party’s MP Vytautas Gapšys jailed for corruption.

Petras Gražulis, who has just lost his parliamentary mandate, says the Seimas’ decision has not come as a surprise to him. The politician now plans to focus on elections to the European Parliament due in May next year.

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius will not lead European Greens in next year’s elections to the European Parliament, Politico has reported.

Conservative MP Justas Džiugelis will participate in 2024 European elections.

MEP Viktor Uspaskikh, founder of the Labour Party and its former leader, has announced that he will not participate in 2024 elections to the European Parliament.

Other members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have harshly criticised their colleagues Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis and Juozas Olekas after they have been featured in promotional videos of the Lithuanian Fur Animal Growers’ Association (LŽAA).

Lithuania marks the start of Soviet mass deportations 82 years ago, Day of Mourning and Hope, on Wednesday.

Conservative leader Gabrielius Landsbergis says his party’s presidium is set to convene later Friday to consider Government’s resignation and early parliamentary elections in response to the ongoing expenses scandal involving several Cabinet members.

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday in favour of the European Union’s accession to the Istanbul Convention aimed to prevent and combat violence against women, and called on the remaining six EU countries, including Lithuania, to ratify the international human rights treaty 'without delay.'

Influential German politicians have acknowledged that the war in Ukraine, which has been going for over a year now, finally made them understand Russia and the threat it poses, and now they are ready to help Ukraine expeditiously. “Now, no one can blame us for being slow,” the guests said.

Депутаты Европейского парламента в январе обсудили ряд ключевых вопросов, связанных с войной России против Украины и безопасностью Европейского союза. Среди прочего европарламентарии призвали упростить процесс принятия решений в Совете ЕС – перейти от принципа единогласия к принципу большинства при ...

Lithuania's European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius on Tuesday criticized the country for its failure to properly prepare its strategic communication to respond to Russia's threats over the restriction of the transit of some goods to the Kaliningrad region.

The U.K. and the European Union will have only days to ratify any post-Brexit trade agreement -- if they manage to reach one this week.