Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President calls on MPs not ‘to bulldoze over’ Constitution on dual citizenship

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday called on members of the Seimas to respect the Constitution during debates on dual citizenship. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
Uncategorized

Belarus bans MEPs from Astravyets N-plant site

Belarusian officials have decided to refuse entry to a handful of members of the European Parliament (EP) who wanted to look at the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius said. […]

Saulius Skvernelis ir Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

PM, president differ on initiative to broaden dual citizenship by law

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees a proposed bill to broaden dual citizenship as the best way of solving problems faced by Lithuanian citizens abroad, but an advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė points out that the Constitutional Court has ruled that legal provisions on citizenship can only be changed through a referendum. […]

Demo in the front of the Ministry of Education
Society

Hundreds of students, dozens of teachers protest against longer academic year

A protest action was held outside the Education and Science Ministry in Vilnius on Monday against the government’s plans to extend the duration of academic year. […]