Lithuanian Social Democratic Party

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), has announced she is ready to become the prime minister if her party succeeds in the parliamentary election.

Leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has criticised Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys over his claims that a raise of compulsory health insurance fees is inevitable.

With three months to go until the next parliamentary election, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) maintains its lead in public opinion polls.

A poll conducted after the first round of the presidential election in May has revealed growing support for former MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ party the Nemunas Dawn (Nemuno aušra), otherwise there were few changes in party ratings.

The Seimas’ opposition Democrats For Lithuania group has started collecting signatures calling for a snap election after MPs on Thursday failed to impeach the Labour Party’s MP Vytautas Gapšys jailed for corruption.

The Seimas on Monday voted to impeach MP Petras Gražulis after the Constitutional Court ruled he violated the Constitution and breached his oath. This means Gražulis has been banned from running for an MP for ten years.

On Thursday, prosecutors made allegations against Mayor of Jonava District Mindaugas Sinkevičius for misuse of allowances for expenses.

The opposition Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would win elections to the Seimas if they were held next Sunday, the latest voting intention poll for Lietuvos rytas shows.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will not support real estate tax amendments put forward by the Government and the Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance. The decision was made in meetings of LSDP political group and the party’s board.

Other members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have harshly criticised their colleagues Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis and Juozas Olekas after they have been featured in promotional videos of the Lithuanian Fur Animal Growers’ Association (LŽAA).

The news website Delfi has started publishing the results of Lithuania’s Most Influential Figures – a project it has been carrying out for nine years in a row by interviewing both the public and experts in a variety of fields. On Monday, the news website presents the political figures that are consi...

Restrictions on Belarusian citizens arriving to Lithuania may be tightened if agencies responsible for national security see a need for this, says MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).

The State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) says that 484 thousand Lithuanian residents donated a total of EUR 26.8 million as part of their personal income tax (GPM) in 2022.

Leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė believes that the coalition should solve the political crisis together with President Gitanas Nausėda. She says Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė should listen to the president’s call to replace several ministers and cont...

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would secure the most votes in parliamentary elections, a poll published by the daily Lietuvos rytas indicates. The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) meanwhile dropped from the second to fourth spot in one month.

On Saturday, MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė was re-elected as the chairwoman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) for the second two-year term of office.

The Government’s annual activity report is full of contradictions, illustrating the Cabinet’s approach that has determined ‘a record economic downturn’, the opposition Social Democrats say as the prime minister is about to present the report to MPs on Thursday afternoon.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) propose Julius Sabatauskas for vice-speaker of the Seimas after Gintautas Paluckas, the opposition party's chairman, chose not to stand as a candidate for the position.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have won the parliament election in Lithuania and can form a ruling coalition with two liberal parties, according to the preliminary runoff results published on Sunday night.