Labour Party

Lithuania's political landscape has changed radically since the last time voters went to the polls with a variety of different factors transforming the political currents in the country.

Former interior minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius has been dismissed from the post of adviser to director of the Lithuanian National Land Service at his own request amid corruption suspicions, the institution has said.

The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year's first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties.

The Lithuanian parliament moved on Thursday to launch an impeachment process against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys.

Deputy director of the Lithuanian National Land Service, former minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius, was detained by law enforcement officers on Wednesday. The Special Investigation Service says he is suspected of influence trading.

Lithuania's Social Democrat Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has criticised coalition partner, the Labour Party's proposal to stop more refugees coming to Lithuania, saying such an initiative is excessive and would do more damage than good to Lithuania.

Both the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Labour Party are trying to promote new faces in the run-up to upcoming elections, but political analysts say the Conservatives are suffering from an identity crisis.

The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has decided to temporarily set a minimum price for raw milk purchased by processors from dairy farmers. The price controls will remain in effect until 1 January 2017.

Lithuania's Labour Party has issued a statement, saying that the country should not to accept any more refugees than it has already committed to.

With a slow but steady rise in their poll ratings, the Peasant and Greens Union have been seen by analysts as a rising star in Lithuania's politics even before it snatched one of the most sought-after political newcomers, unaffiliated Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is approaching the line where half of its original members will have been replaced, necessitating a confirmation vote in parliament.

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.

The reintroduction of military conscription for good in Lithuania is likely be approved by the Lithuanian parliament unanimously, said Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party.

Most Lithuanian members of the European Parliament are not planning to run for seats in the national parliament, Seimas, this October. Many are likely to have been deterred by new electoral rules which would automatically deprive elected MPs of their seats in the EP.

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.

The Vilnius Tax Inspectorate has filed an appeal against a court ruling in the Labour Party's case, asking the Supreme Court to order the guilty persons to pay more than €174,000 euros in unpaid taxes.

The Lithuanian Liberal Movement has dissociated itself from the support given by the leader of the European Parliament's Liberal Bloc (ALDE), Guy Verhofstadt, to Lithuanian Labour Party founder Viktor Uspaskich, saying it was his personal opinion and not the stance of the political group.