News

• Aug 17, 2012: Lithuania: Ex-President Valdas Adamkus calls scheduled nuclear plant referendum a mockery, 15min.lt (2012) Former president of Lithuania expresses his negative opinion on the planned advisory referendum on the construction of a new power plant.
• Aug 17, 2012: Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission closes registration for general elections, 15min.lt (2012) The registration to the general elections to Parliament in Lithuania is closed. All in all 27 parties and 370 candidates were registered by the end of the deadline.
• Aug 01, 2012: OSCE inspects Lithuanian election procedures for the first time in 16 years, 15min.lt (2012) The OSCE commission for assessment of election needs provided their insight on Lithuanian electoral procedures, which was evaluated positively. However some remarks were made on the issue of constituency drawing, polish minority electorate and campaign financial rules.
• Jul 19, 2012: Central Electoral Commission planning to distribute over LTL 10 mln to Lithuanian political parties, The Baltic Course (2012) Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania announced that they are going to distribute 10 mln. Litas to the political parties for the electoral campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in October 2012. The size of donation to the party is determined by the party’s performance in the last elections.
• Jun 15, 2012: Lithuania: Zenonas Vaigauskas to continue heading Central Electoral Commission, 15min.lt (2012) Zenonas Vaigauskas candidacy for another 4 year term of office was approved by Lithuanian Parliament in second ballot on Thursday.
• Apr 11, 2012: Lithuanian Seimas discusses referendum on new NPP, baltictimes (2012) Lithuanian Parliament approved of a draft resolution to call a consultative referendum on construction of a new Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania. Referendum is proposed to be held at the same time as the parliamentary elections.
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• Jan 27, 2011: Municipal elections: stringent financing, liberal advertising, The Baltci Times (2011) Ahead of municipal elections set for 27 February 2011.
• Jul 12, 2010: A year in presidency: changes in Lithuania turning into reality (Penki, 2010) July 12 marks one year since President Dalia Grybauskaitė took office. What has changed in Lithuania over that time?
• May 31, 2010: Social Democrats Keep Upper Hand in Lithuania (Agnus Reid, 2010) The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains ahead of its rivals in the Baltic nation, according to a poll by Vilmorus. 26.8 per cent of decided coters would support the opposition party in the next legislative election, up 1.1 points since March.
• May 14, 2009: Advance voting in presidential elections begins in Lithuania, The Baltic Course.com (2009) On 13 and 14 May advance voting in presidential elections is held for those people who cannot vote on the day of the election.
• Apr 23, 2009: Grybauskaite is the frontrunner, Angus Reid (2009) This article contains some general information about the election, previous results.
• Apr 23, 2009: Ethnic-Russian banker wants to become Lithuanian president, Ria Novosti (2009) An ethnic-Russian banker, Vladimir Romanov wants to be the president of Lithuania.
• Oct 14, 2008: Conservatives Win Lithuanian Parliamentary Election, VOA News (2008) This article presents the Preliminary official results from Lithuania's parliamentary election: the main conservative opposition party has won the first round.