Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments to the law on party funding and budget corrections giving the government the opportunity to borrow funds to finance unelected parliamentary parties.

Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of Lithuania's Order and Justice party, on Thursday signed an agreement by the country's political parties on defense policy for the next decade, the government said.

The Seimas violated its Statute when it adopted an amendment to the budget bill that allows the state to borrow money to provide funding to new political parties, the parliament's Commission for Ethics and Procedures said on Wednesday.

The opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats are going up the popularity ladder, leaving the constant rivals– the ruling Lithuanian farmers and Greens Union – far behind, a new survey shows.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the law on party funding, thus paving the way for the Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania (LSDDP), which was established after the last general election, to get a state subsidy.

Lithuania's ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union is hot on the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats' heels in popularity ratings, a new survey shows.

Lithuania's opposition social democrats have suggested keeping the country's existing level of defense spending at 2 percent GDP and not to increase it.

Lithuania's Labor Party lost almost 2,000 members over the past six months. Meanwhile, the ruling Social Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union grew (LVŽS), figures from the Ministry of Justice showed on Monday.

Up to 190 members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) have joined the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP), a new party founded by a group of breakaway members of the former party, the LSDP leader said on Friday.

Remigijus Žemaitaitis of the Order and Justice Party and Jonas Liesys of the Liberal Movement were appointed on Friday as vice-speakers of the Lithuanian parliament.

The Seimas opposition blocked on Thursday the ruling bloc's unexpected proposal to give the greenlight for the government to borrow money not only for increasing the defense budget, but also for providing funding to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).

The Lithuanian Seimas is set to launch a new parliamentary investigation into political corruption during the tenure of previous governments.

The Lithuanian parliament plans on Thursday to make a final decision on an overhaul of the model of public funding of political parties.

The Order and Justice party joined on Tuesday the ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP) in the parliament.

The Opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania's popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to the latest opinion poll released on Monday.

Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country's defense policy for the next decade.

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs approved on Wednesday a draft law paving the way for the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDLP) to get a state subsidy.