Social Democratic Party

Two Social Democrat MPs have criticized the ruling parties for paying little attention to shelters and other civil safety issues in their efforts to boost national defence.

The Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will not support the Bank of Lithuania’s proposals to raise personal income tax in order to increase defence funding. LSDP leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė believes that the current coalition should have adopted a tax reform in order to secure additional funding for def...

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) tops the latest public opinion poll that was commissioned by the news website delfi.lt and carried out by the pollster Spinter tyrimai.

Raising corporate tax for large businesses could be a solution to finance defence needs, says Social Democratic Party leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, rejecting proposals to increase the value added tax (VAT) rate as harmful to low-income earners.

If Lithuania held the parliamentary elections on the nearest Sunday, the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) would win most of the votes, the latest survey by Spinter tyrimai for the news website delfi.lt finds.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė believes that discussions are needed before deciding whether identical sanctions should apply on Belarusian and Russian citizens. According to her, potential political and economic ramifications should be considered.

Lithuania may consider various models to boost defence funding, including the introduction of a new defence tax, yet Irena Segalovičienė, chief adviser to the president on economic and social policy, says the government should not intimidate people and businesses with new taxes.

Latvia ratified the Istanbul Convention in November 2023, while Estonia did so in 2017, leaving Lithuania the last of the Baltic countries to approve the document adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011. Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says the Seimas will resume deliberations on the i...

The Social Democratic Party (LSDP) remains the firm leader in public opinion polls, shows the latest survey commissioned by the news website delfi.lt that was conducted by Spinter.

President Gitanas Nausėda continues to lead presidential polls, with support slightly growing in September, the latest survey shows.

MP Saulius Skvernelis, chair of the opposition’s Democrats For Lithuania, believes the Social Democratic Party may rescue the tax reform bill in the Seimas.

Respondents see incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda as the most likely candidate in the next presidential election, the latest poll shows.

Chair of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, accuses Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), of causing political havoc and calls on him to assume responsibility for this.

On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Parliament will decide whether to hold a snap election amid the municipal expenses scandal. However, views of political parties diverge on the issue.

The Estonian government announces it has approved its action programme for 2023–2027, which sets out the activities, responsibilities, and terms for implementing the objectives of the coalition agreement between the Estonian Reform Party, Estonia 200, and the Estonian Social Democratic Party.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Thursday he has fired Saulius Caplinskas, director of the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (CCDA), for "failing to perform his duties".

Ingrida Simonyte, the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats' lead candidate, was the only party leader to secure an outright victory in single-member constituencies in Sunday's first round of voting.

At 1am, Monday, the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats party has been leading in Lithuania's parliament election in the multi-member constituenc.

The presidium of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania on Thursday approved the party's preliminary candidate list for the upcoming Seimas election.

Representatives of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and the country's President-elect Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday discussed the possibility to hold early general elections.