Estonians would like to see another referendum in Lithuania regarding the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, www.err.news.ee reported. Until then, Estonians are not going to make any commitments to the project, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip announced it in a press conference on 2 May, 2013. …
BNS Lithuanian MEP Vytautas Landsbergis believes his participation in the election of the chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats let him achieve his goal of eliminating stagnation in the party. “What did I expect? I have said that from the very start …
According to www.delfi.lt, Andrius Kubilius won in the elections to the post of the chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats party (Conservatives). The 56 year-old Kubilius will lead the party for another two years. Kubilius has won over the 80 tear-old MEP …
BNS The second round of elections for the leadership of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives) will be held on Sunday and Monday, the party’s executive secretary Raimondas Alekna told BNS on Tuesday. The two candidates with the best showing in the first …
BNS On Friday, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was handed a statement by seven Belarusian opposition activists on the normalisation of relations between Belarus and the European Union. Lithuania ‘s Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats said they handed over the statement to the …
BNS Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius, the chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives), has noted threats in the proposed wording of the referendum on dual citizenship. BNS informs that he is sceptical about the possibility to simultaneously hold citizenship of Lithuania …
BNS Lithuania’s former Head of State Vytautas Landsbergis, who is currently running for leadership of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives), has noted lack of opportunities for young people and rotation in the party’s leadership. MEP Landsbergis spoke to hundreds of participants of …
BNS Parliamentary group of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats will not initiate interpellation procedures against Economy Minister Birutė Vėsaitė for the meantime. “It’s our certain precautionary warning that such things discredit the state and they should be subject to the most stringent …
On April 5, 2013, a debating club called ‘Politics Live’ opened in Klaipėda, with the topic of the first evening being ‘Politics and the Show’, writes www.delfi.lt. Former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius shared some thoughts, as well as the eccentric Algis Ramanauskas and other politically …
BNS Andrius Kubilius, leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives), says he will call on the party to back the incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaite, if she decides to seek re-election next year. “If President Dalia Grybauskaitė decides to once again run …
The presidium of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservative) party has approved of the composition of the shadow cabinet offered by the party leader Andrius Kubilius, informs www.delfi.lt. The approved list will be later voted on by the party’s board. According to Kubilius, the shadow …
Jaroslav Neverovič, the Lithuanian Energy Minister and representative of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, remained firm when asked whether the apology of the Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, during his recent visit to Poland, together with the amended examination procedure for the Lithuanian Poles …
The leader of the Seimas opposition, Andrius Kubilius, is ready to announce the names of the ministers in the Shadow Cabinet, informs lrytas.lt. “The shadow government is working very actively. We will be soon ready to announce a list of shadow ministers, who have agreed …
The former Prime Minister, leader of the Conservative party Andrius Kubilius, tried to pass his wisdom the current Prime Minister, Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevicius, during a group meeting which was held on Tuesday. A.Kubilius explained that Lithuania’s neighbor Russia tries to disseminate its influence without …
Lithuania’s former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius says that “capitulation” would be to start paying Nukem, the contractor for much-delayed decommissioning projects at Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), for work it has not done. Kubilius, the leader of the opposition at the Seimas, said this in …
Lithuania’s center-left government will start paying “recession debts” by ensuring economic growth, growth of the labor market and a decrease in utility services. “The 16 th government set such priorities in its action program, which would guarantee sustainable economic growth, growth of the labor market …
Competition between Vytautas Landsbergis and Andrius Kubilius in the elections of chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats creates a complicated situation for party members, political scientists interviewed by BNS say. Experts believe that former HU-LCD leader Landsbergis’ decision to run for the …
Former Lithuanian leader and currently MEP Vytautas Landsbergis confirmed on Monday he would run for the position of leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats. “Yes, I did not ask to remove me from the candidate list. I should remain on it,” Landsbergis …
Lithuania’s former parliamentary speaker Irena Degutiene confirmed on Monday she would not run for chairmanship of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives). She emphasized that the majority of the party’s offices have proposed the current leader Andrius Kubilius, the former prime minister, …
Former Lithuanian Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrius Kubilius says that patriotism cannot lead to confrontation with other ethnic groups or painful historic past. Kubilius, the former prime minister, spoke in comment of the patriotic rally that took place in central Vilnius for the …
