Aušrinė Armonaitė
Politics

Smaller Seimas would easier succumb to control by large agribusinesses – MP Armonaitė

Aušrinė Armonaitė, Member of the Seimas, claims that the initiative of the Government to reduce the number of Members of the Seimas to 121 is a cheap trick in the presidential election campaign of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union that shakes the very foundations of parliamentarianism and might strengthen the position of groups of influence in the Seimas. […]

In the Seimas
CORPORATE

A year after the Seimas election – hopes were left in the ballot boxes

A year ago citizens elected the new Seimas, driven by great expectations. While the majority talks of a vast number of achievements, their political opponents are sceptical of the things done, Lietuvos Žinios reported. Upon […]

Social Democrats in the Seimas
Politics

13 Social Democratic MPs back coalition with Farmers

Thirteen of 19 members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s (LSDP) political group in the Seimas supported with their signatures a coalition with the group of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), but those who did not back the deal do not plan to leave the LSDP block in the parliament. […]

Georgian Lithuanian flags
Foreign affairs

PM calls off Georgia visit after SocDems’ move to exit coalition

After the Social Democratic Party’s council on Saturday decided to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis decided to call off his plans to visit Georgia. […]