Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuania’s President vetoes new Labour Code and reproductive law

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė today vetoed the government’s controversial new Labour Code, sending it back to parliament and blocked a new law on artificial insemination that had drawn widespread criticism.

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Student and union protesters in Vilnius
Politics

Lithuania’s new labour code triggers revolt in ruling Social Democratic Party

A group of members of the Vilnius branch of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) staged a protest action in front of the party’s central headquarters today to voice their opposition to the new government-initiated Labour Code. […]

Politics

Lithuania’s Seimas passes new Labour Code

After six months of debates, Lithuania’s Seimas (parliament) on Tuesday voted on a new and highly disputed Labour Code, which, if signed into law by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, will come into effect in 2017.

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Vytautas Gapšys
Politics

Prosecutor General wants MP Gapšys’ immunity suspended for corruption investigation

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis has asked the Seimas (parliament) to strip Vytautas Gapšys, a Labour Party MP, of immunity.

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