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The confidence of Lithuania's residents in the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has been declining for a few consecutive months, however, the party remains at the top of the popularity list, shows the latest Vilmorus poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) continues to top popularity rankings, with 29 percent of respondents saying they would vote for it if general elections were held next Sunday, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS.
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) declined by 4.6 percentage points to 21.9 percent of respondents in January month-on-month, while the positive attitude towards the government dropped by 7.2 percent, shows a survey published on delfi.lt news portal.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has been testified in the political corruption investigation surrounding MG Baltic concern.
After suffering a defeat in the October 2016 general elections and having change of leadership, the Labour Party has lost over 1,000 members over the past six months, which is the biggest loss among all political parties of Lithuania.
The Peasant and Greens Union ratings have dropped by 4.2% over the past month, however Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ popularity rose an entire 11.3% during the same time.
Leaders of Lithuanian parliamentary political parties on February 10 agreed on closer coordination of efforts to block electricity from a nuclear power plant that Belarus is building in Astravyets, just around 50 kilometers from Vilnius.
The Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Ministry will seek that a ban on corporal punishment be included into a framework law on children's rights protection, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Tuesday.
The scandal surrounding car lease and relationship with MP Greta Kildišienė has affected the rating of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, says sociologist Vladas Gaidys.
Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of the Liberal Movement has been urged by a group of parliamentarians to found a museum of the Lithuanian capital.
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) party’s problems have remained throughout the leadership of both Andrius Kubilius and Gabrielius Landsbergis and without changes at the very top leadership the Conservatives will not eradicate their flaws. This is what one of the candidates...
The Lithuanian parliament started on Thursday debates on constitutional amendments aimed at cutting the number of seats in the Seimas from 141 to 101 and moving the date of general elections from October to March.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees the October parliamentary elections, which changed the country's political map, as the most important 2016 event in the country, noting that the terrorist attacks in Europe were the most important worldwide.
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytauta...
