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Way Of Courage
The Way of Courage ( lt, Drąsos Kelias) is a populism, populist List of political parties in Lithuania, political party in Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and has an anti-corruption platform. History The party was established by supporters of Drąsius Kedys, who claimed that justice officials had whitewashed a ring of pedophiles after his daughter had been sexually molested. Kedys died under unclear circumstances in 2010. Among the party's founders is Neringa Venckienė, sister of Drąsius Kedys and former judge. The party's name alludes to Kedys' first name ''Drąsius'' which means "the brave". The goals include changes in the justice system, e.g. the establishment of trial by jury. In 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2012 parliamentary election the party gained approximately 8% of the popular vote. The party had its best performance in Kaunas and Kaunas District Municipality. After the party's leader Neringa Venckiene applied for asylum in the United States, many p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Varkala
Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of two Jeneum (figures in the Book of Mormon) * Jonah or Jonas, a prophet in the Hebrew Bible * Jonas (footballer, born 1943), full name Jonas Bento de Carvalho, Brazilian football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1972), full name Carlos Emanuel Romeu Lima, Angolan football midfielder * Jonas (footballer, born 1983), full name Jonas Brignoni dos Santos, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1984), full name Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira, Brazilian football forward * Jonas (footballer, born 1987), full name Jonas Jessue da Silva Júnior, Brazilian football defender * Jonas (footballer, born 1991), full name Jonas Gomes de Sousa, Brazilian football midfielder Arts, entertainment, and media * Jonas (novel), ''Jonas'' (novel), a 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order And Justice
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of different ways * Hierarchy, an arrangement of items that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another * an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority People * Orders (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Order'' (album), a 2009 album by Maroon * "Order", a 2016 song from ''Brand New Maid'' by Band-Maid * ''Orders'' (1974 film), a 1974 film by Michel Brault * ''Orders'', a 2010 film by Brian Christopher * ''Orders'', a 2017 film by Eric Marsh and Andrew Stasiulis * ''Jed & Order'', a 2022 film by Jedman Business * Blanket order, purchase order to allow multiple delivery dates over a period of time * Money order or postal order, a financial instrument usually intende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Lithuanian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 9 and 23 October 2016 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. 71 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system, and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 9 October and the second round on 23 October. The elections were won by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union with 22.45% of the popular vote and 54 seats, up from just 4.05% and a single seat in the previous elections in 2012. The success of the party was attributed to voter dissatisfaction with established parties in light of low wages and persistent emigration. Homeland Union, the largest opposition party in the preceding Seimas, finished a distant second with 31 seats, though winning a slightly larger share of the national vote. The parties of the outgoing government suffered major losses, falling from 78 seats to 28. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Lithuania
The Communist Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos komunistų partija; russian: Коммунистическая партия Литвы) is a banned communist party in Lithuania. The party was established in early October 1918 and operated clandestinely until it was legalized by Soviet authorities in 1940. The party was banned in August 1991, following the coup attempt in Moscow, Soviet Union which later led to the collapse of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ... and the dissolution of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuanian SSR. History The party was working illegally from 1920 until 1940. Although the party was illegal, some of its members took part in the 1922 Lithuanian parliamentary election under title "Workers Groups". It manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Lithuania
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organization in 1896, it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the Soviet Union, the party went into exile, emerging once again in Lithuania in 1989. The party led a government in the unicameral Seimas, Lithuania's parliament from 2001 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2016. The party is a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Progressive Alliance, and the Socialist International. History Establishment Initial discussions about forming a Marxism, Marxist political party in Lithuania began early in 1895, with a number of informal gatherings bringing together social democrats of various stripes resulting in a preparatory conference in the summer of that year. Differences in objectives became clear between ethnic Jews and ethnic Lithuanians and Poles, with the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Union
A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage except child adoption and/or the title itself. Civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in several, mostly developed, countries in order to provide legal recognition of relationships formed by unmarried same-sex couples and to afford them rights, benefits, tax breaks, and responsibilities similar or identical to those of legally married couples. In 1989, Denmark was the first country to legalise civil unions, for same-sex couples; however most other developed democracies did not begin establishing civil unions until the 1990s or early 2000s, often developing them from less formal domestic partnerships. While civil unions are often established for both opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples, in a number of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrius Nakas
Audrius Nakas (born 1967) is a Lithuanian politician and a former member of the Seimas. He graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and worked as an actor before a career in politics. Nakas was sworn into the parliament on 14 April 2015, after MP Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas (28 September 1943 — 3 April 2015) was a Lithuanian politician, dissident, poet, writer. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Patackas died on 3 April ... had died. References Lithuanian male actors Politicians from Kaunas Members of the Seimas 1967 births Living people Actor-politicians Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Lithuanian politicians Actors from Kaunas {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stasys Brundza
Stasys is a popular Lithuanian given name, derived from Slavic name Stanislav. Feminine variation is Stasė. *Stasys Antanas Bačkis (1906–1999), Lithuanian diplomat *Stasys Eidrigevičius (born 1949), graphic artist *Stasys Girėnas (1893–1933), Lithuanian-American pilot *Stasys Lozoraitis (1898–1983), Lithuanian diplomat *Stasys Lozoraitis Jr. (1924–1994), Lithuanian diplomat *Stasys Povilaitis (1947–2015), Lithuanian singer *Stasys Raštikis (1896–1985), Lithuanian general *Stasys Razma (1899–1941), Lithuanian footballer *Stasys Šilingas (1885–1962), Lithuanian lawyer and statesman *Stasys Šimkus (1887–1943), Lithuanian composer *Stasys Stonkus Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (29 December 1931 – 19 February 2012) was a Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 195 ... (born 1931), Lithuanian basketball player {{given name Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gintaras Aleknonis
Gintaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name. The feminine form is Gintarė. and may refer to: *Gintaras Ambraska (born 1975), Lithuanian judoka * Gintaras Andriuškevičius (born 1975), Lithuanian race walker * Gintaras Balčiūnas (born 1964), Lithuanian lawyer and former Minister of Justice *Gintaras Beresnevičius (1961–2006), Lithuanian historian of religions specializing in Baltic mythology *Gintaras Didžiokas (born 1966), Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament *Gintaras Einikis (born 1969), Lithuanian basketball player *Gintaras Grušas (born 1961), Lithuanian–American prelate of the Catholic Church * Gintaras Jasinskas (born 1968), Lithuanian biathlete * Gintaras Janusevicius (born 1985), Lithuanian pianist *Gintaras Kadžiulis (born 1980), Lithuania basketball player and coach *Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956), Australian lichenologist *Gintaras Karosas (born 1968), Lithuanian artist, founder and President of the non-profit organisation Europos pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas Vasiliauskas
Valdas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is the shortened form of Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Germanic or Baltic element "wald" ("rule"). Individuals with the name Valdas include: *Valdas Adamkus (born 1926), Lithuanian politician, former President of Lithuania *Valdas Dabkus (born 1984), Lithuanian basketball player * Valdas Dambrauskas (born 1977), Lithuanian football manager *Valdas Dopolskas (born 1992) Lithuanian marathon runner *Valdas Ivanauskas (born 1966), Lithuanian footballer * Valdas Kasparavičius (born 1958), Lithuanian footballer * Valdas Kazlauskas (born 1958), Lithuanian racewalker *Valdas Trakys Valdas Trakys (born 20 March 1979) is a Lithuanian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Neptūnas. Playing career Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania. He played for ... (born 1979), Lithuanian footballer * Valdas Urbonas (born 1967), Lithuanian footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Povilas Gylys
Povilas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: * Povilas Aksomaitis (1938–2004), Lithuanian engineer, politician, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania * Povilas Budrys (born 1962), Lithuanian painter * Povilas Bartušis (born 1993), Lithuanian male badminton player *Povilas Butkevičius (born 1987), Lithuanian former basketball player * Povilas Jakubėnas (1871–1953) Lithuanian Calvinist clergyman, general superintendent of the Lithuanian branch of the Reformed Church * Povilas Leimonas (born 1987), Lithuanian footballer * Povilas Lukšys (footballer) (born 1979), Lithuanian footballer * Povilas Meškėla (born 1964), Lithuanian rock singer and musician (Rojaus tūzai and Katedra) *Povilas Mykolaitis (born 1983), Lithuanian long jumper *Povilas Plechavičius (1890–1973), Imperial Russian and then Lithuanian military officer and statesman *Povilas Stravinsky, Lithuanian pianist active in the United States *Povilas Stul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
