Christian Democrats

The latest public opinion poll shows growing support for incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in the 2024 presidential elections. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė continues to follow, with a similar number of votes as a month before.

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.

The Presidium of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has tasked the party’s Political Committee to prepare an action plan to improve Lithuania’s security situation. Party’s leader and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis recently spoke out about emerging existent...

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda vows to reveal next week if he is going to run for president in May 2024. He told the media earlier that there was just one unknown before he would finally make up his mind.

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.

Files of 12 incumbent MPs were discovered among the documents of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Lithuanian archives, a journalistic investigation by news website 15min.lt has revealed.

Former deputy minister of foreign affairs Mantas Adomėnas will be fined EUR 800-1,100 for driving under the influence, LNK TV has reported.

In an interview to LNK TV on Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda reiterated his standpoint that restrictions on Russian and Belarusian citizens must be identical. He reminded about a recent mutiny by private military company Wagner in Russia and about media reports that the group was relocating to Bel...

On Friday, the presidium of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) will convene to discuss political developments and the future of the Government. MP Saulius Skvernelis, leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania, believes the presidium will decide that Prime Minister Ingrida Š...

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 prime minister and Conservative leader have called together on their fellow members of their Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) to support the party presidium’s proposal to hold a snap parliamentary election.

The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) intends to initiate early parliamentary elections amid the scandal over municipal expenses. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė vowed to resign if parliament rejects the idea of a snap election, but TS-LKD leader Gabrielius Landsbergis has menti...

Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), has declared that the party should have communicated with other coalition partners, the Liberal Movement and Freedom Party, about its idea of a snap election. He also stated that ...

Conservative leader Gabrielius Landsbergis says his party’s presidium is set to convene later Friday to consider Government’s resignation and early parliamentary elections in response to the ongoing expenses scandal involving several Cabinet members.

The Conservative leader’s invitation to coalition partners to discuss the Cabinet’s future and possibility of early elections is a rational one, Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says.

Minister of Education, Science and Sport Jurgita Šiugždinienė has submitted her resignation letter to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. The Office of the Government has confirmed this information.

Lithuanian experts see Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, President Gitanas Nauseda and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, as the country's most influential politicians, according to a survey published by the Delfi news we...

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has written to President Gitanas Nauseda this week, inviting him to agree on who of them should take part in the European Council's meeting ahead of each summit.

The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania announced the final results of the Parliament elections. The central-right party, Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, will hold the new Parliament’s largest number of seats. Women will occupy one-third of the total number of parliamentary se...