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	<title>The Lithuania Tribune &#187; Conservative party</title>
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		<title>Ingrida Šimonytė’s panegyric on Conservatives: they are not economic schizophrenics</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/19/ingrida-simonyte%e2%80%99s-panegyric-on-conservatives-they-are-not-economic-schizophrenics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Ingrida Šimonyte attended Homeland         Union-Lithuanian Christian         Democrat party&#8217;s council meeting and spared there good         words to Conservatives,         who allegedly managed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parties to employ consultants for election campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/parties-to-employ-consultants-for-election-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/parties-to-employ-consultants-for-election-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Seimas elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal and Centre Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LSDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raimundas Alekna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Gapsys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The parties are actively drawing the plans for the coming Seimas (parliament) election campaign. Almost all parties have already chosen or intend to hire public relations companies, delfi.lt wrote on 4 January.
Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (HU-LCD) Executive Secretary Raimundas Alekna said  the Conservatives had so much electoral experience that there was hardly anything new they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 will be a show off year to the governing political parties</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/political-scientist-%e2%80%94-2012-will-be-a-show-off-year-to-the-governing-plotical-parties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Seimas elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal and Centre Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tomas Janeliunas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2012 will be a typical preelection year for the governing and opositional parties, states political scientist Tomas Janeliūnas, delfi.lt wrote on 9 of January.
“It is most likely that all the parties will be concentrated on the autumn election session, including the governing parties. It will be a typical preelection year, when the governing will try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives are breaking coalition – Čaplikas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/11/conservatives-are-breaking-coalition-%e2%80%93-caplikas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/11/conservatives-are-breaking-coalition-%e2%80%93-caplikas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algis Caplikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal and Centre Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seimas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An unexpected situation disrupted 2012 budget’s reading in Seimas – sitting’s agenda, in which earlier unplanned law project concerning pensions’ system reform emerged this morning, was not confirmed. After meeting of Seimas headmen decision to continue plenary session and to delete the issue, which wasn’t agreed in advance, from the agenda was accepted. Sitting’s agenda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaunas mayor loses post</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/20/kaunas-mayor-loses-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Municipal elections 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kupčinskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Kriščiunas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal and Centre Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rimantas Mikaitis form the Liberal Movement was removed from the mayoral position of Kaunas on 20 October.  Some 22 Kaunas’ City Council members voted in favour of removing the Mayor, two were against.  Social Democrat Kestutis Kriščiunas has been appointed as acting Mayor of second largest Lithuania’s city.
According to the conservative members of the Council, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chronicles of Political Chaos: Russia&#8217;s influence on the Seimas elections</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/19/the-chronicles-of-political-chaos-russias-influence-on-the-seimas-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/10/19/the-chronicles-of-political-chaos-russias-influence-on-the-seimas-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2012 Parliamentary Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauras Bielinis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arvydas Sekmokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fyodor Dostoyevski]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=8660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The attitude towards neighbouring countries is always based on politics and values. From a certain party’s or ideology’s point of view, a particular country can be seen as a paragon of virtue or a devil incarnate, it depends on which one is more suitable for the party&#8217;s or political ideology&#8217;s future. Today, when elections are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition parties would win Seimas elections</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/07/opposition-parties-would-win-seimas-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sprinter Tyrimai]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three opposition parties are retaining their leading positions in the opinion polls.  The Social Democrat Party, the Order and Justice Party and the Labour Party &#8211; are the most popular parties in Lithuania according to a survey which was published on 7 July.
Some 1,002 people were asked in the mind of June what political party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law on Assisted Insemination: why is a member of the Labour Party reaping the benefits of the Conservatives? By Caplikas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/07/law-on-assisted-insemination-why-is-a-member-of-the-labour-party-reaping-the-benefits-of-the-conservatives-by-caplikas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agne Zuokiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algis Caplikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted Insemination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dangutė Mikutienė]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian Bishops' Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Gapsys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Žilvinas Padaiga]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the day of its submission to the Seimas, the Law on Assisted Insemination has caused ardent discussions among politicians, medics, patients, clergymen, and people completely unrelated with the subject. We began with emotional speeches and scientific reports, and finished with dirty actions and the tears of families that are still waiting for a favourable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives after the Nationalists’ Withdrawal, by Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/03/conservatives-after-the-nationalists%e2%80%99-withdrawal-by-girnius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11 March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Songaila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian National Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lithuanian Nationalist Youth Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nationalists party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perussuomalaiset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radicals in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resurrection Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricardas Cekutis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tautininkai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Finns Party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the conference, which took place on the Sunday before last, the Nationalists (Tautininkai) decided to withdraw from the governing Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (HU-LCD) and they announced their intention to re-establish a separate party. However, it was not a unanimous decision: 55 delegates voted to withdraw from the HU-LCD, 17 voted against, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nationalists leave Conservative party</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/20/nationalists-leave-conservative-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Songaila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazimieras Uoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nationalists party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=7084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nationalists faction (Tautininkai) has split from the Conservative party and is planning to re-establish as a separate party again, possibly at the end of this year.  The party, that joined the Conservative party in 2008, decided to split after it had failed to convince the conservatives to change their leader.  On 18 June the Conservative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alekna is already trying the chair of Zuokas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/15/alekna-is-already-trying-the-chair-of-zuokas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/15/alekna-is-already-trying-the-chair-of-zuokas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal elections 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arturas Zuokas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raimundas Alekna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Uspaskich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vilnius' Municipality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artūras Zuokas will have to contend for the mayor chair. As the Labour party announced the exit from governing coalition and merger with opposition, conservative Raimundas Alekna mentioned about a revolution in the capital’s Council, Laura Kupriščenkaitė wrote in lrytas.lt portal on 14 June.
Does the labour party exit surprise you? – lrytas.lt asked Raimundas Alekna, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conservative Party: unity or values? By Girnius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/the-conservative-party-unity-or-values-by-girnius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/the-conservative-party-unity-or-values-by-girnius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kestutis Girnius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What will the future of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) be now that the party’s chairman elections are over? Andrius Kubilius was victorious despite the fact that Irena Degutienė received more support than expected. After the elections, both leaders of the TS-LKD voiced the need to consolidate and strengthen the party. The intentions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the elections of the Homeland Union Party&#8217;s Chairman, by Dumbliauskas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/03/on-the-elections-of-the-homeland-union-partys-chairman-by-dumbliauskas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Dumbliauskas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the story about the water glass. Some say that it&#8217;s half full, some – that it&#8217;s half empty. It depends on one&#8217;s point of view. How should we assess the results of the Homeland Union Party’s Chairman elections? Well, it will be a difficult task, as was the choice for the Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do the Conservative party chairman elections tell us? By Bielinis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/02/what-do-the-conservative-party-chairman-elections-tell-us-by-bielinis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauras Bielinis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing that comes to mind is that there is a nearly unified imposition about the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats’ chairman elections being democratic and those of other parties – not. The democracy of elections rests on the fact that two equal candidates have been competing and the party has made a free choice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election strategy: who controls centre, will win, by Bielinis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/25/election-strategy-who-controls-centre-will-win-by-bielinis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 11:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauras Bielinis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viktor Uspaskich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rating trend today is very conducive for opposition parties. However, the next election will be more than a year later, not next Sunday. Thus, today&#8217;s voters highly appreciated leaders who topping the ranks, need to think about and manage effective electoral strategies. Soc-Dem party leader, at the Congress meeting, had presented few solutions of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soc Dems the most popular party</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/22/soc-dems-the-most-popular-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 20:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lietuvos rytas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion poll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Order and Justice Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vilmorus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition Social Democrats and Order and Justice Party are the most popular parties in Lithuania for the time being.  Some 15.7 per cent (down from 17.3 per cent from last month) of those surveyed said that they would cast their votes for the Social Democrat party if the Parliament elections to take place now, Lietuvos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubilius remains the leader of Conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/22/kubilius-remains-the-leader-of-conservatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 19:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=6720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats, one of the largest Lithuanian political party has re-elected Andrius Kubilius as its chairperson.  Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius has retained his seat despite a fierce competition from one of the most popular politicians in Lithuania, the Speaker of Parliament Irena Degutiene.   Out of almost 17,000 member of the Conservative party 5,546 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party Rebels – the “Salt” of Democracy, by L. Peceliuniene</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/13/party-rebels-%e2%80%93-the-%e2%80%9csalt%e2%80%9d-of-democracy-by-l-peceliuniene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lina Peceliuniene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Songaila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonas Jagminas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazimieras Uoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polish Election Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polish minority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentinas Stundys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vytautas Landsbergis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two major parties have just expelled one party member each: Jonas Jagminas by the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) and Gintaras Songaila by the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (HU-LCDP). It does not do honour to the parties, if their members are expelled due to reasons other than the wrongdoings. Instead, it makes you question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM’s advisor joined Conservative Party</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/05/pm%e2%80%99s-advisor-joined-conservative-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 11:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgis Valentinavicius]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virgis Valentinavicius, one of the most influential Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius&#8217; adviser has eventually joined the ruling Homeland Union &#8211; Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
‘I have joined the party as the time has come to finish formalities. Ideologically, I had been on this way for ages and politically &#8211; since I became the premier&#8217;s adviser,&#8221; Valentinavicius told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To show and to show off, by G. Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/03/to-show-and-to-show-off-by-g-aleknonis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrius Kubilius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degutiene]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new phenomenon can be observed in the political arena of Lithuania. During the 2.5 years of running the Government, the Homeland Union has not received a positive remark in the public space, but suddenly the media has started showing much more positive attention, Gintaras Aleknonis writes in LRT.LT on 28 April.
Just a few days [...]]]></description>
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