Peasant and Greens Union

Lithuania's ruling Peasant and Greens Union, which triumphed in the recent parliamentary elections, saw its popularity grow, while that of their coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party, was cut in half from the September level, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is the country's most popular politician after his Peasant and Green Union won October general elections, a poll showed Saturday

The average old-pension should go up by about 20 euros starting early 2017, which is 5 euros more than the increase planned earlier. The raise is envisaged in the revised 2017 budget draft of the Sodra state-run social insurer. The draft does not say anything about the plans of the Peasant and Green...

After the parliament on Tuesday approved the government's program, the country's 17th Cabinet headed by Saulius Skvernelis took oath.

he Lithuanian parliament endorsed on Tuesday the programme of the new coalition government of the Peasant and Green Union and the Social Democratic Party.

During discussions of electoral results it was typically accepted that the results of some parties depend on voter turnout. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Polish Electoral Action in Lithuania (LLRA) were typically identified as such parties; the lower the voter turn...

Amid changes in the United States administration, a group of Lithuanian MPs said after returning from a visit to the US that Lithuania should raise funding for maintaining ties with the strategic partner and making of new contacts. They say the regional priority should be cooperation with the neighb...

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) pursues a foreign policy of its own by cooperating with a Russian corporation linked to the military industry, a member of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defence said.

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The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) has a campaign debt of almost a million euros after the October parliamentary elections, in which the party scored a resounding victory, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Friday, based on data from the Central Electoral Commission.

The sparks flying due to the Artificial Insemination Law should not impact the ratings of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) and a part of society may overall find the topic hard to understand note experts.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed hope for the new ruling coalition to take consideration of all opinions about artificial insemination and come up with a compromise.

Small-scale entrepreneurs say they would go bankrupt, if alcohol was moved out of food stores to specialized shops, as proposed by Lithuania's new ruling Peasant and Green Union.

According to the data of early surveys, Ramūnas Karbauskis’ Peasant and Greens Union’s popularity could have jumped up to 28% after the elections. Such a jump in ratings means significant expectations from the public toward the party. The party leaders promised faster increases in income, fighting e...

Human rights expert Dovilė Šakalienė who was invited into Seimas by the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) shared an open statement on her Facebook profile regarding amendments to the artificial insemination law.

The Seimas is debating the programme for the upcoming government term which outlines its main aims. Specifically aims, not future work. The programme contains a myriad of aims, but is lacking in specific plans and how they will be implemented. The government intends to pursue many goals, but for now...

Lithuanian Health Minister-designate Aurelijus Veryga on Tuesday described as a compromise the Peasant and Green Union's new proposal to allow an unlimited number of embryos to be created in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, but to put in place the requirement to store them indefinitely.