Lithuania's new Seimas formed on Wednesday parliamentary committees, with the Committee on European Affairs remaining the largest one and the Committee on Human Rights and the newly-established Committee on Culture being the smallest ones.
Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union
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Lithuania's new Seimas will have six political groups and a mixed group of parliamentarians who have not joined any of the six groups.
The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats will not hold coalition talks with the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) while they will be negotiating with the Social Democrats, the conservative party's leader said on Friday.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she was inviting leaders of the parliamentary parties that won the Sunday's parliamentary elections for a meeting later on Monday.
Former acting Chairman for the Liberal Movement Antanas Guoga has shared his predictions on the possible outcomes of the imminent Seimas elections and his future plans.
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, or LŽVS, said on Wednesday that Saulius Skvernelis, a former interior minister, will be the prime minister if the party wins the upcoming general elections.
Lithuania's Social Democrats, the Peasant and Green Union, and Conservatives top the country's popularity polls, shows he latest survey conducted for delfi.lt news portal.
A 48.9-year-old Lithuanian man with a university degree who has declared 165,927 euros worth of property and has run for elections in the past – this is the profile of a statistical candidate for parliament published by Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission.
A new poll has revealed surprising shifts in Lithuania's political landscape with government parties' support slumping.
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year's first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the decision on Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and whether or not he will remain in his post will be made after a meeting with Order and Justice party leader Rolandas Paksas.
