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Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has on Thursday accused Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis of having identified himself with the position and running a "PR campaign".

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...

Sarunas Marciulionis, a former Lithuanian basketball star who ran in the European Parliament election on the Farmers and Greens' list, refuses the seat he won.

The council of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) is likely to hold a vote of confidence not only in Ramunas Karbauskis, the ruling party's leader, but also in Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, the party's presidential candidate who failed to make it to a runoff.

The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Seimas group is joined by yet another former member of the Farmer-Greens Seimas group – Justas Džiugelis.

After “Farmer” amendments to the children’s rights protection law were not passed by Seimas on Tuesday, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats representative Monika Navickienė exchanged accusations that the other side is politicking on a sensitive ques...

Minister of Transport and Communications links complaints levied against himself to his dismissal of Arvydas Vaitkus from the Klaipėda State Seaport Directorate.

Research cornered Kepenis, anti-vaxxers and everyone, who met with antivaxxers on the street, shops and elsewhere. Bed and cards – even Guoga was left empty. Presidential ratings press on Nausėda. But the celebrations of those supporting Šimonytė, who has closed in on Nausėda, may also be premature.

Based on the ruling parties’ results in the municipal elections, we can predict their potential results in the Seimas elections.

On Sunday night, the mayors of all sixty municipalities were revealed: a third of them were elected during the first round, with the rest in the second round. Of the sixty mayors, more than half were re-elected for another term.

Andrius Kubilius, a veteran of the Conservative party, stated during a Delfi show that during these elections, young and active individuals entered the spotlight and it is mistaken to say that only the committees won.

Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s presidency is coming to an end. Evaluations of her tenure are beginning. She has no lack of fans and her high ratings show that she has the support of most citizens. A movie is being made about her, a book is being written and they will likely have a notable hagiographic tint. I...

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who is running for president, presented his vision on Wednesday. Its main accents are social justice and transparency. He also presented certain members of his team.

With the Ministry of Environment remaining without a head for more than three months now, the opposition Social Democratic Seimas group is proposing to legally bind the prime minister to find a minister in 15 days. This has also received support from the Conservatives, however PM Saulius Skvernelis ...

Visvaldas Matijošaitis is celebrating his victory in Kaunas after the first round, however in the other big cities, a fierce struggle over the post of mayor is only beginning.

In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, whic...

What can we predict about the nearing presidential and European Parliament elections now that the municipal elections ended?

Something special should be said on a morning such as this. Indeed, elections, which are the most important for most, were just held. Firstly, important because mayors and municipal council members are the closest to the people of all the branches of government. And second, these elections will chan...

On Sunday night, the results of the municipal council and mayor elections emerged. Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) political scientist and docent Mažvydas Jastramskis spoke that these elections were akin to three exams: an exam of democracy, a...

With little time left to the municipal and direct mayoral elections, political party leaders are pondering, which city and region bastions they will hold on to and where they have chances to break through. The Social Democrats, Liberal Movement and Order and Justice Party remain modest both about in...