BNS MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, has publicly called on his coalition partners not to procrastinate a decision on him running for parliament. “I am calling on the ruling coalition partners not to procrastinate the implementation of the European Court …
BNS The Order and Justice Party’s leader Rolandas Paksas says that the merger negotiations with the Labour Party (Labourists) are suspended. He added that all proposals will be considered. Earlier on Friday, the Labour Party said that the talks could be finished within two weeks. …
BNS The board of Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party decided on Wednesday night to propose to the party’s council to abandon merger talks with the Labour Party. Both parties are part of the ruling coalition. “Board members expressed dissatisfaction over not only the progress …
BNS Lithuanian political parties are founding foreign offices in all emigration destinations of Lithuanian nationals, the daily ‘Lietuvos Žinios’ reported. The Liberal Movement has offices in five countries around the globe – in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Germany and the United States. The party’s …
The chairman of the Order and Justice Party Rolandas Paksas is said to be unhappy with the negotiation process regarding the party’s merger with the Labour Party, writes www.delfi.lt with reference to the news agency BNS. Meanwhile, the leader of the Labour Party, Viktor Uspaskich, …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by the editor-in-chief of www.LRT.lt Vladimiras Laučius on the meaning behind the existence of political parties with both traditional and non-traditional ideology in Lithuania. The trust in political parties in Lithuania is so scarce that society seems to hardly …
BNS The ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in Lithuania and their popularity rating increased even further in a month, a survey shows. According to the survey by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, …
BNS Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission this week intends to distribute the budget allocations for parties for the first half of 2013, i.e., nearly 9.5 million litas (EUR 2.8 mln) will be distributed among eight political parties. The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives) …
BNS The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in Lithuania and their popularity rating increased even further in a month, a survey shows. According to the survey by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, 29.9 …
The role of the parliamentary opposition will amplify after the government presents concepts of energy and tax policies, say analysts of the country’s largest commercial SEB bank. In their words, the opposition parties have so far been playing a minor role, as “the public is …
The ruling coalition has no cause for complaint. This week marks the first 100 days of the new Government’s work and it, and especially PM Algirdas Butkevičius, remains relatively popular, writes Kestutis Girnius for Alfa.lt. This February, more people assessed the Government positively than negatively, …
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 …
The Labor Party will be able to merge with the Order and Justice Party, the Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday, overruling a plea from prosecutor Saulius Verseckas who aimed to prevent the party’s restructuring. Judge Valdimaras Bavejanas said at the hearing that the merger …
The promised Order and Justice party and Labour party union is becoming unstuck. Most members of both parties have not even sat around the negotiating table, and behind the scenes there is buzz rising about the leaders and that R. Paksas is to assume the …
Three vacant seats in Lithuania’s 141-member parliament should be filled by road engineer Algimantas Dumbrava, a member of the Order and Justice party, forester Kazys Grybauskas and economist Aleksandras Zeltinis, both members of the Social Democratic Party, shows data published by the Central Electoral Commission. …
The commission of the parliament and the Lithuanian World Community will be headed by Jonas Prunskis, a Lithuanian living in the US, and MP Ona Valiukeviciute of the ruling Order and Justice party. According to the resolution approved by the parliament on Thursday, deputy chairmen …
The Liberals Movement does welcome R.Acas to its ranks. R.Acas, a member of the “Order and Justice” party, criticized that party’s plan to merge with the “Labor Party.” The leader of Liberals Movement Eligijus Masiulis claims that his party’s board has decided to disapprove R.Acas’ …
‘During the recession we acted responsibly, dealt with it quickly and did everything ourselves. So we now have a good reason to be proud of ourselves. This is something we should both celebrate and use as a stimulus to trust ourselves more. Ruthless self-criticism …
Lithuania, which still aims to introduce the euro in 2015, can join the single currency bloc without holding a national vote, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius. “There are no fears and there is no need to organize any referendum. We already committed to adopting the …
Prosecutor Saulius Verseckas of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Lithuania on Wednesday lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal of Lithuania against Vilnius Regional Court’s ruling rejecting his request to stop the Labor Party’s merger with the Order and Justice party. “We are asking …
