Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) will consider pledging financial support to Ignas Vėgėlė’s presidential campaign if the latter agrees with such an option, the party leader says.

Latvia adopted the same-sex partnership law on 9 November, but leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) Ramūnas Karbauskis warns Lithuania not to follow the neighbouring country’s example. He fears that now LGBT couples in Latvia will strive for family status and child adoption.

The Seimas have approved a bill banning fur farming in Lithuania. The bill, which was passed by a majority of votes, was also supported by the country’s president, Gitanas Nausėda. Fur farm owners will receive compensation but, according to the MPs who opposed the decision, the proposed amounts are ...

Former health minister Aurelijus Veryga has announced that he will stand as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. The MP of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) also does not rule out participating in the 2029 presidential election if incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda is re-elec...

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) intends to initiate early parliamentary elections amid the scandal over municipal expenses. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė vowed to resign if parliament rejects the idea of a snap election, but TS-LKD leader Gabrielius Landsbergis has menti...

Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, plans to stay active in politics after the country's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to cancel his parliamentary mandate.

Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, is renouncing his lawmaker's mandate in protest of the new government's actions during the distribution of positions in the parliament, Dalia Venceviciene, a member of the party's political group in the Seimas of Lithu...

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have won the parliament election in Lithuania and can form a ruling coalition with two liberal parties, according to the preliminary runoff results published on Sunday night.

The key question related to Lithuania's next year budget is what will be done with borrowed money and EU funds, says Ingrida Simonyte, leading the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats' candidate list in the parliament election.

Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats are leading the Lithuanian parliament elections after the first round that took place on Sunday, 11th of October. The party in the multi-member constituency got 24.80 per cent and 23 seats.

At 1am, Monday, the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats party has been leading in Lithuania's parliament election in the multi-member constituenc.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has seen his popularity rating grow in recent months, whole Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga's popularity has tumbled, according to the latest Lietuvos Rytas/Vilmorus survey published on Saturday.

22 millionaires are running for Lithuania's parliament, with Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, being the richest, followed by Antanas Guoga, representing the Labor Party, and Remigijus Lapinskas, leader of the Lithuanian Green Party, according to an analys...

EU member states' different positions on Belarus undermine the country's chances of becoming democratic and do not contribute to regional stability, Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, said in a Facebook post.

Ramunas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has dismissed as ridiculous criticism over the employment of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' wife with a company that is part of Poland's oil group Orlen.

Ex-Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says people were hired in the transport sector during his term after competitions which considered candidates' professionalism, not personal ties.

Lithuanian MP Virgilijus Poderys has left the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the Seimas.

Following around 4 hours of discussions, the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted the state budget for 2020 with 85 votes in favor, 48 against and three abstentions.

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.