Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country's political parties.
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Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis who intends to run as an independent candidate for the 2019 presidential elections says his program is built on the idea of national spirit.
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, is skeptical about the proposal to remove conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas from the committee after he was questioned in a political corruption investigation.
Lithuania's conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas has no intentions to leave the parliament's National Security and Defence Committee after being questioned as witness in the MG Baltic corruption case, however, will stand aside from the parliamentary inquiry on possibly unlawful influence upon politica...
A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections passed the first reading in the Seimas on Tuesday.
Lithuania's opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of party ratings, followed by opposition Social Democrats in third, shows a survey conducted by Vilmorus pollster published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
Four opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested holding premature parliamentary elections.
If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, they would be triumphant to the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, while the current ruling party, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), would come in second, shows a survey published on delfi.lt news portal.
The largest opposition groups of the Lithuanian parliament have dismissed the parliamentary vote, which failed to strip MP Mindaugas Bastys of his mandate amid impeachment, as an slap on the face for the State Security Department and the Constitutional Court.
The Istanbul convention on combating violence against women will not be submitted to the Lithuanian parliament for ratification during the spring session, as part of the document is inconsistent with the program of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranck...
The Lithuanian Labour Party has lost more members than any other political party in the country over the past six months, according to the latest figures provided to the Justice Ministry.
Lawmakers of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have collected enough signatures for launching a parliamentary inquiry into land ownership and acquisition processes in Lithuania.
Confidence in Lithuania's opposition Social Democrats is currently at the lowest level since the 2016 parliamentary elections, while the minority conservatives and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain at the top of the popularity list, shows a Vilmorus survey published in Lietuvos R...