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Conservative MP: Civil partnership law should be put to referendum

October 19, 2015 Ziniu radijas 0

Last week, the Lithuanian parliament rejected a bill that would have introduced civil partnership of opposite-sex couples. Conservative MP, who voted against the legislation, says it would have been a step towards legalizing same-sex partnership which, she insists, must be put to a referendum. […]

It was Russia’s decision to include blacklisted officials into OSCE PA delegation, Lithuanian MPs say

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

It was Russia‘s own decision to include officials, blacklisted by the European Union, into its delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, members of the Lithuanian delegation say. […]

Russia’s neighbours concerned about Kremlin’s foreign policy, OSCE PA vice-president says

February 25, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), says that the OSCE PA attitude towards Russia changed considerably during its winter session. […]

Lithuanian parliament sends sex change bill back to government for improvement

October 7, 2014 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday decided to send a package of proposed amendments on gender reassignment back to the government for further consideration after 62 lawmakers voted in favour of the motion, nine were against and 19 abstained. […]

Observers do not question Turkish presidential vote, says Lithuanian MP who headed OSCE mission

August 11, 2014 BNS 0

International observers do not question the presidential elections in Turkey, held on Sunday, but reproach over the use of public funds for election campaign, Lithuanian lawmaker Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė, who observed the election, told BNS on Monday. […]

Lithuanian MPs observe presidential election in Turkey

August 10, 2014 ELTA EN 0

A group of members of the Lithuanian Parliament are to observe the presidential election in Turkey on 10 August. […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]

Citus experts: Housing demand surpasses the results of the past two years – buyers of the economic segment are returning

October 13, 2024 0

In the last quarter of the year, the number of new housing units (apartments and terraced houses) sold in Vilnius in the economy class was 50% higher than in April–June, according to preliminary data from […]