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Experts on S. Skvernelis’ candidacy: do not see pre-planning and see risks

January 22, 2019 Media Briefing 0

Last week, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced his presidential bid. This decision has finalised matters on the political stage. Gitanas Nausėda, S. Skvernelis and Ingrida Šimonytė gather 40% of the vote according to surveys. Another 40% of potential voters are undecided and the remaining 20% is shared by the other candidates. Thus, the number of candidates is growing and the intrigue is rising. How the presidential election campaign will develop and who has the highest chances was discussed by experts on Monday’s LRT Forumas, lrt.lt writes. […]

Vladimiras Laučius. Why S. Skvernelis will likely run for president

December 27, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has so far not made mistakes, which would bar his path to the office of president. What is being described as the prime minister’s communication mistakes and nonsense may have not only harmed his image, but also served it, Vladimiras Laučius writes on lrt.lt. […]

Tapinas named most influential journalist in Lithuania – survey

August 22, 2018 BNS 0

Andrius Tapinas, a TV host and founder of the internet television Laisvės TV, has been named the most influential journalist in Lithuania, according to a survey by Spinter Tyrimai for the delfi.lt news website, published on Wednesday. […]

Three Crosses Hill lit with the colours of the Ukrainian flag

Lithuanian politicians, civic activists create group of Ukrainian Crimea’s friends

March 16, 2018 BNS 0

Over 20 politicians and public activists in Lithuania announced on Friday the creation of a group of friends of Ukraine‘s Crimea to mark the 4th anniversary of Russia‘s annexation of the peninsula. […]

CEO of Lithuanian national broadcaster’s portal resigns

January 19, 2018 BNS 0

Mindaugas Raguotis has stepped down from the post of director of the lrt.lt news portal that is undergoing restructuring. […]

Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT restructuring portal, chief editor cites threats

January 19, 2018 BNS 0

Top management of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT has started restructuring the news portal lrt.lt, which will be the duty of the LRT Internet Department currently under development. […]

V. Laučius. What allows to think that on January 13 there was “friendly fire”

December 4, 2017 Media Briefing 0

One popular thinking premise allows to think that on January 13 there was “friendly fire” and in 1940 what happened was not the occupation of Lithuania, but a voluntary entry into the USSR and that […]

Cop, banker, manufacturer and others

November 22, 2017 Monika Garbaciauskaite-Budriene 0

Cop, banker and manufacturer, readers complained in comments next to the Spinter Tyrimai survey on who citizens would like to see in the post of president. Others yet suggested to elect two presidents – one […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Gintautas Paluckas

V. Laučius: talks that a generation shift is ongoing in the Social Democrat Party are rather odd

August 9, 2017 Media Briefing 0

Antagonising the older generation which should be on its way out and the younger that is just up and coming is discriminatory toward those of older age, LRT.lt chief editor Vladimiras Laučius told LRT Radio. […]

R. Sadauskas-Kvietkevičius. A revolution is happening in the LSDP, not a generation shift

August 7, 2017 Romas Sadauskas 0

When the former and current leaders of one of the major parties in the country communicate through public letters, journalists and public commentators experience good times. The same happened to the Homeland Union – Lithuanian […]

Evaluating the concluding Seimas session – “Farmers” lied to the electorate

July 4, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The first session of the new Seimas is coming to an end. However for now it would appear there have been more scandals and public fallings out than the promised positive changes. The LRT Television […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Ramūnas Karbauskis

Opinions: it seems that the PM alongside Landsbergis is „trolling“ Karbauskis

April 10, 2017 Media Briefing 0

“It seems to me, what Saulius Skvernelis is doing right now is testing the limits. He is trying to track hi support. He sees that Ramūnas Karbauskis is in a sense politically bleeding out”- delfi.lt […]

Karbauskis and Skvernelis – who is the real leader?

January 26, 2017 Media Briefing 0

While currently Ramūnas Karbauskis has the support of a significant portion of the LVŽS fraction, the more moderate Saulius Skvernelis is turning more and more “Peasant” heads, Lietuvos žinios paper reported. The scandal which engulfed […]

Kildišienė’s scandal causes shifts in the “Peasant” political group

January 24, 2017 Media Briefing 0

The scandal regarding member of Seimas Greta Kildišienė’s car rent and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ company has ended with the member of Seimas relinquishing her mandate. Elections are to be held again in Anykščiai, costing the state […]

On the new Seimas Speaker

November 16, 2016 LT Daily 0

58 year old Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union candidate Viktoras Pranckietis has been elected as the new Seimas Speaker. His candidacy was supported by 93 members of Seimas. His opponent, Liberal Eugenijus Gentvilas received 36 votes. […]

ELECTIONS. Social Democrats – better off in the opposition?

October 17, 2016 LT Daily 0

As many times before, ratings and prognoses proved to be off the mark in Lithuania. The most hurt by it this time were the coalition parties. The Social Democrats who earned 183,500 votes lost two […]

Skvernelis during the last TV debate on LRT

ELECTIONS. Analysis. Social policy debate – another victory for the “Peasants”

October 7, 2016 LT Daily 0

The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only one point. Furthermore most experts agree that G. Landsbergis’ (TS-LKD) closing statement was the strongest, while S. Skvernelis’ (LVŽS) speech was decent, but reading off a paper made for a bad image. […]