Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic

The ruling parties in Lithuania have failed in their bid to have the existing election threshold for getting into parliament reduced to 3 percent amid a lack of a quorum.

An agreement that Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed a year ago to set out the country's defense policy for the next decade is not being implemented, the leader of the biggest opposition party said on Thursday.

Three new members of the Seimas were sworn in in the parliament on Thursday following last Sunday's by-election in three single-member constituencies.

Two members of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats and a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), another opposition party, won Sunday's parliamentary by-election in three single-member constituencies.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says it is regrettable that Vygaudas Usackas, a former long-time diplomat who has recently left the conservative party, chose to work at a company controlled by Gediminas Ziemelis.

The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to give a renewed mandate to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' reshuffled Cabinet.

Lithuanian MP Irina Rozova says the State Security Department (VSD) did not warn her against attending an event of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) that sparked protests in Georgia in June.

A group of Lithuanian conservative and liberal politicians have asked international bodies to give their assessment of arrests at a Moscow rally in support to independent candidates who were barred from local polls.

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have on Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis should nominate the country's former President Dalia Grybauskaite for European commissioner. But the former president says she's not seeking the position.

Reducing Lithuania's poverty level to the EU average requires paying all taxes to the state and investing in healthcare and in transport and communications infrastructure, especially in small towns, Deputy Social Security and Labor Minister Eitvydas Bingelis said on Friday.

The ongoing difficult division of EU posts reflects the growing influence of European parties, and the majority of Lithuanian politicians' weak involvement in their activity reduces Lithuania's influence on common decision-making, diplomats say.

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats on Tuesday decided to suspend MP Rimantas Jonas Dagys' party membership for a year due to internal violations. It was also decided to remove him from the list of candidates for the upcoming general election.

There are four millionaires among Lithuanian lawmakers and they include Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, liberal MP Kestutis Glaveckas, Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and the party's...

Several lawmakers from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have called on German sportswear maker Adidas to stop the sale of items featuring Soviet symbols.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's revision of its government coalition agreement is primarily aimed at replacing some ministers, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HU-LCD), the largest opposition party, said on Monday.

The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats finished first in Lithuania's European Parliament elections, receiving 18,6 percent of the vote and three MEP seats.

The staffs of Ingrida Simonyte and Gitanas Nauseda, the two candidates vying to be elected Lithuanian president in Sunday's runoff, exchanged accusations on Monday over the political campaign funding.

Early voting in the presidential runoff and the European Parliament election started in Lithuania on Monday. Voting will take place from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) may quit power if it loses this month's presidential and European Parliament elections, the ruling party's leader said on Thursday.

The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) in April lost its top position in the popularity rankings to the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HU-LCD), according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas last Saturday...