The Labour Party (Lithuanian: Darbo Partija), or DP, is a new populist political party in Lithuania. It was founded in 2003 by the Russian-born millionaire Viktor Uspaskich. “Political Parties†redirects here. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viktor Uspaskich Viktor Uspaskich (Lithuanian: ) (born 24 July 1959 in Urdoma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian entrepreneur and politician. ...
In Latvia parties that are barely one year old invariably win the elections, as Einars Repse's New Way did last time in 2002 and then fade away after becoming unpopular in power, invariably as head of a coalition government.
Having won 28.46 per cent support in proportional voting, the LabourParty is guaranteed at least 22 seats in the new Seimas (Lithuania's parliament), though this number is expected to increase significantly after the second round of voting in single-mandate districts.
Lithuania is one of 10 nations that joined the EU May 1st.
Lithuania, which was to be part of the German sphere of influence, was transferred to the USSR by the Nazi-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Existing Borders signed later the same year.
Lithuania was later occupied by Germany, and at the end of the war, the USSR reclaimed Lithuania as a Soviet republic, with the agreement of the United States and Britain.
Parties to a national, sectoral or territorial collective agreement shall be correspondingly the central (national) trade union organisations and the employers' organisations, the trade union and employers organisations of the appropriate sector of industry (production, services, profession), trade union and employers organisations acting on the specified territory (municipality, county).
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