Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Gintautas Paluckas
Politics

After Paluckas’ resignation – political scientists’ verdict: what next?

Lithuania is left without a prime minister – on Thursday, scandal-ridden Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas finally resigned, Agnė Liubertaitė states in lrytas. Political scientists say that this decision is essentially a good one, albeit belated. […]

Seimas of Lithuania
Politics

Sociologist on the newest party ratings: I don’t even recall such results

June has completely shuffled around the usual picture on the Lithuanian party popularity table – after a long pause, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) has taken second place, leaving the Homeland Union – Lithuanian […]

Gintautas Paluckas
Politics

Paluckas admits having received requests from “Farmers”

Social Democrat Party leader Gintautas Paluckas admitted to the tv3.lt news portal that he received a number of requests from various “Farmers” to join the Social Democrats prior to the coming Seimas elections. Agnė Širinskienė […]

Lithuania

Will there be new “saviours”? What should be expected from the 2020 Seimas elections

“Lithuanian elect “saviours” primarily due to disappointment,” political scientist Kęstutis Girnius commented on Lithuanians‘ electoral preferences in the lead up to the nearing 2020 Seimas elections, Viktorija Rimaitė, wrote in Lrytas.lt The Labour Party (DP), […]