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Public activist and TV host Andrius Tapinas continues his transparency campaign concerning politicians’ expense allowances. After examining spending on expenses by municipal councillors last year, he has moved to checking how members of parliament spend their expense allowances.
MP Marius Matijošaitis of the Freedom Party has suspended his party membership and left the list of candidates for the European Parliament amid reports he used public money to buy computer and audio equipment.
The Freedom Party has officially nominated Dainius Žalimas as its presidential candidate.
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.
MP Aurelijus Veryga, presidential candidate nominated by the Farmers and Greens (LVŽS), has raised the biggest sum in donations for his campaign so far, almost two months after the presidential election campaign kicked off.
Former mayor of Vilnius city, Remigijus Šimašius, will participate in 2024 elections to the European Parliament.
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.
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda vows to reveal next week if he is going to run for president in May 2024. He told the media earlier that there was just one unknown before he would finally make up his mind.
A group of non-attached MPs promises to vote in favour of next year’s budget only if parliament shelves the bill on civil union and the draft law on decriminalisation of some drugs.
MP Silva Lengvinienė has withdrawn from the Freedom Party, a minor coalition partner, and joined the opposition’s party Democrats For Lithuania.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.
MPs on Tuesday voted to cross out the first reading of the 2024 state budget legislation from the agenda of the Seimas’ plenary sittings.
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 political campaign for the presidential elections officially started on Sunday – six months before Lithuanians go to polls to elect the country's next president.
Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė says the party already has a presidential nominee who will be revealed next month. Lithuania will hold presidential elections in May 2024.
Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė is sceptical of the presidency’s idea that the State Defence Council could solve the problem of drug use by teenagers. The Freedom Party’s leader says this would be ineffective and instead suggests focusing on awareness raising and prevention ...
Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė does not think that President Gitanas Nausėda will support a draft law on civil union that will be considered by parliament in autumn. The politician made such assumptions after the president’s statements following a meeting with the Board of the Seimas on Tu...
The minister of education, science and sport says no consensus has been reached with trade unions that would help prevent a planned strike of teachers.
Leader of the Freedom Party Aušrinė Armonaitė has announced that the party will nominate a candidate in 2024 presidential elections because incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda has not shown enough leadership and his voice has lacked on key issues.
