Russian tycoon's party set to enter government in Lithuania
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A Russian-born tycoon's party is set to capture the most seats in Lithuania's parliament in second-round elections Sunday, making it likely he will enter a coalition government in this new EU member.
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VILNIUS, Lithuania - Lithuania&#39;s main parties formed an alliance to try to keep a Russian-born tycoon and his populist promises out of the government in Sunday&#39;s second round of parliamentary elections in this Baltic country.
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Preliminary results of the Lithuania&#39;s parliamentary elections released Monday showed that no single party garnered 71 seats, the minimum number of seats needed for a party to form a government .
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Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus will go to Kyiv mediate the conflict between the Ukrainian authorities and the opposition.
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Lithuania&#39;s two biggest opposition parties claimed victory in elections yesterday, saying they would dominate a new cabinet in the former Soviet Baltic state after upsetting the Labor party and the governing coalition.
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VILNIUS : A party led by a Russian-born millionaire won the most votes in the first round parliamentary elections in Lithuania, but apparently not enough to form a government on its own, initial results showed.
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VILNIUS : The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, almost complete results showed.
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Lithuania s Labor Party, led by Russian-born millionaire Viktor Uspaskich, won the Baltic nation s general election after promising to boost social welfare in a country that joined the European Union in May, ...
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Vladimir Putinâs pick for a new premier is likely to become the top candidate for president in the upcoming election.
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Lithuania&#39;s second round of general elections got under way on Sunday, with a recent-formed party threatening to force its way into government.
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Russia's biggest political party is due to confirm Putin aide Dmitri Medvedev as its candidate for the presidency.
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The central electoral committee of Lithuania said Sunday early results showed that opposition Labor Party held a wide lead over the center-left coalition government in the parliamentary elections.
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The upstart party of a Russian-born tycoon and right-wing opposition parties were neck-and-neck in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, near complete results showed, with the ruling leftist coalition trailing a distant third.
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The governing coalition in the former Soviet republic of Latvia was poised to retain power in Saturday's parliamentary election, nearly complete results showed.
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Lithuania's national gas distribution company Lietuvos Dujos has signed a new supply deal with Russian giant Gazprom, a company spokeswoman said Friday, a move that could hit customers' pockets hard.
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VILNIUS, Jan 18  Lithuania's foreign minister and the country's top spy will face a special parliamentary probe of their role during the 1980s in the feared KGB Soviet security police, politicians said ...
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Lithuania's Central Electoral Committee said on Monday that the opposition Labor Party, established by Russian-born millionaire Viktor Uspaskich last year,captured 28.66 percent of the vote in the first round ...