Seimas elections

The victors of this year’s election to Seimas, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) is beginning negotiations with the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) on building a new cabinet. While there is no coalition agreement yet, it is already becoming clearer who will take what officers in...

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission has cancelled the registration of Kęstas Komskis of the Order and Justice Party for parliamentary elections amid vote-buying suspicions, causing him to lose the MP mandate he won in the elections earlier this month.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is in a deep crisis after suffering a crushing defeat in the recent parliamentary elections, Lithuania's EU commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis said, calling on the party to stay in the opposition.

Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that his party will not hinder the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), which scored a resounding victory in the recent parliamentary elections, in their efforts to form a new ruling coalition.

New faces in Lithuania's parliament and government are a positive thing, Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus said on Tuesday, commenting on the results of the Seimas elections.

With the Seimas election having concluded, it is time to sum up the results. The overall victory goes to the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) which has earned 54 Seimas seats. Add another two independents, who now associate with the party roll – 56. This is the largest single-party victory...

The leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, on Monday said he assumed the responsibility for the poor election results, saying he had no plans for now to step down from party leadership. In his words, his staying in office will ensure the party's stabil...

Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has apologized for the parliamentary election results that were not successful for the conservatives, however, said there were no reasons for him to step down from the party leadership.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union that won a definite victory in the parliamentary elections, has expressed certitude that President Dalia Grybauskaitė understood the nation's will.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, sees Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the party's election list, or Bronis Ropė, a member of the European Parliament, as the party's candidate to become the next prime minister.

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.

Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the Peasant and Green Union's list for the parliamentary elections, is a negotiator with whom a deal can be negotiated, unlike Ramūnas Karbauskis, the latte...