Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda supports discussions on changing the country’s constitution to allow hosting nuclear weapons in the country, BNS reports. The presence of allied nuclear weapons could serve as an appropriate and proportionate deterrent against armed aggression from hostile states, Nauseda argued. Juozas Olekas, speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, stated that such…
An overwhelming majority of Lithuanians are dissatisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene’s government, according to a Spinter Tyrimai poll for DELFI, ELTA reports. The survey showed that 74.2% of respondents disapproved of the government’s work in April 2026, which was up from 71.2% a month earlier. Only 17.5% viewed the government’s performance…
The job approval of Lithuania’s current coalition government stood at just 14.7% in November 2025, which was down from 21.2% a month earlier, according to Spinter Tyrimai’s poll for DELFI, BNS reports. Disapproval for the government stood at 73.5%, which was up from 67.1%. Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene’s popularity dropped to 4.5%, which was down…
The opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) remains the country’s most popular political party ahead of the parliamentary elections due in October 2024, according to a Spinter Tyrimai poll for DELFI in June 2024, ELTA reports. The survey showed that 13.8% of respondents would now vote for LSDP, which is up from 13.2% in…
Lithuanian experts regard Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, President Gitanas Nauseda, and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis as the country’s most influential politicians in 2023, according to Reitingai magazine’s poll for DELFI, BNS reports. Reitingai interviewed 999 public figures in May-June 2023 for the survey. A separate Spinter Tyrimai poll showed that the public regards Nauseda as…