Lithuania’s centre-left Social Democrats (SD) emerged as the clear leaders in the country’s second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday 27 October, securing an initial 52 out of 141 seats, according to preliminary results.
Voters were electing 63 constituency MPs under Lithuania’s mixed electoral system. Turnout was
Transport was on the agenda when Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, Latvia Prime Minister Evika Silina, and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal met in Klaipeda, west Lithuania, at the weekend.
The Rail Baltica, a high-speed rail connection across the Baltic states, is encountering significant challenges and rising costs, drawing concern
Lithuania’s outgoing government led by Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte faced multiple crises over its four years in power, some of them natural, and others self-inflicted, local media wrote as she left office.
Black swan events from the start
Simonyte’s centre-right government took office amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in
Lithuania will hold a constitutional referendum on whether its citizens can hold dual and multiple citizenships on 12 May 2024, in tandem with the first round of its presidential elections.
Dual citizenship is mostly banned and around one thousand Lithuanian citizens annually give up their citizenship each year to take