Arvydas Nekrošius EN Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

R. Karbauskis wants changes in his party: R. Baškienė and A. Nekrošius to no longer be his deputies

January 23, 2019 Media Briefing 0

With the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) congress nearing, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken to party members, proposing to halve the number of LVŽS deputies. The party chairman would like to not longer have Seimas first Vice Speaker Rima Baškienė and Seimas Vice Speaker Arvydas Nekrošius as his deputies, LRT’s Laba Diena, Lietuva reports, according to lrt.lt. […]

Lithuanian-Polish interparlt assembly might take place this year, MP says

October 3, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian-Polish interparliamentary assembly might gather as early as this year, Arvydas Nekrošius, head of the Lithuanian delegation, says. […]

Lithuanian lawmakers hope to agree on interparlt assembly date in Warsaw

October 1, 2018 BNS 0

A group of Lithuanian lawmakers is paying a visit to Warsaw on Monday to discuss preparations for a meeting of the interparliamentary assembly which has not held meetings for almost a decade. […]

Seimas amends law to provide more time for organizing referendum

October 1, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament on Friday amended a law to provide more time for organizing a referendum. […]

Dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania might cost EUR 1.8-2.5 mln

September 17, 2018 BNS 0

The costs of a dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania might range from 1.8 to 2.45 million euros, based on the calculations by the Central Electoral Commission. […]

Lithuanian-Polish interparlt assembly to resume work this year, parlt vice speaker hopes

August 22, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Seimas Vice Speaker Arvydas Nekrošius hopes the Lithuanian-Polish inter-parliamentary assembly will resume work this year following a break of almost ten years. […]

Seimas panel proposes EU-NATO safeguards for dual citizenship

May 18, 2018 BNS 0

A parliamentary panel on dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania has proposed including Euro-Atlantic safeguards to be enshrined in the country’s Constitution. […]

Two formulations of Lithuania’s dual citizenship referendum question discussed

May 11, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s working group is discussing two alternative formulations of the question of a dual citizenship referendum, both of which would allow keeping one’s Lithuanian citizenship acquired by birth. […]

Seimas gives commission until late Sept to complete LRT probe

May 10, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc investigative commission scrutinizing the finances of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has until September 24 to complete its work. […]

Lithuanian-Polish parlt assembly could resume work in late 2018 – Mazurek

May 4, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly, which has been effectively non-functioning for nine years now, could hold a meeting in the fall or at the end of the year, Beata Mazurek, deputy marshal of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Seimas panel to ask anti-corruption body to look at LRT program procurement

April 11, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s investigative commission on the activities of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) will ask the Special Investigation Service, or STT, to assess the transparency of the public broadcaster’s program procurement, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]

European Broadcasting Union warns Lithuanian leaders on political pressure on LRT

March 13, 2018 BNS 0

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has refused to join the activities of the Lithuanian parliamentary commission conducting a probe of the work of the Lithuanian Radio and Television, accusing the MPs of making political pressure on the national broadcaster. […]

Two faces of dual citizenship

February 28, 2018 Ausra Leka 0

Up to the referendum on dual citizenship it is necessary to clearly answer questions of whether foreign “spies” will not appear in the Lithuanian military, whether we will have MPs living thousands of kilometres away […]

International organizations invited to observe parliamentary scrutiny of Lithuania public broadcaster

February 21, 2018 BNS 0

The chairman of an ad hoc commission set up by the Seimas for parliamentary scrutiny of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has invited international media and broadcasting organizations to send their observers to the panel’s meetings. […]

Lithuanian MPs collect signatures for Skardžius impeachment

February 15, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s opposition has collected signatures for impeachment of MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labor group who may have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector. […]

Karbauskis explains why a parliamentary investigation of the LRT is needed

January 25, 2018 Jurga Tvaskiene 0

Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) chairperson Ramūnas Karbauskis released depersonalised documents from the LRT council on the national broadcaster’s contracts in a Tuesday press conference. Journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis and LRT deputy director general Rimvydas […]

Seimas' acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster's (LRT) operations holds if first meeting

Seimas panel wants external audit of national broadcaster’s finances

January 25, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster‘s operations decided at its first meeting on Thursday to turn to 14 institutions for information about LRT, asking the government to earmark money and call a tender for LRT’s external audit. […]

Seimas set to scrutinize national broadcaster’s financial operations

January 15, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s parliament on Friday decided to conduct a parliamentary scrutiny of the economic, financial and management operations of the national broadcaster, Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). […]

Lithuanian ruling MPs initiate parliamentary probe into public broadcaster LRT

January 9, 2018 BNS 0

Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating a parliamentary investigation into the management and financial and economic activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), Arvydas Nekrošius, vice-speaker of the Seimas, has confirmed to BNS. […]

80 MPs ask additional questions to national broadcaster LRT

December 13, 2017 BNS 0

Eighty Lithuanian parliamentarians asked additional questions to the council of the national broadcaster LRT, asking for more information about employee salaries, contracts with producer companies and lease of property. […]