Politics

Lithuanian parliament concludes autumn session

On Wednesday, 23 December, the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, completed its seventh ordinary autumn session. From 10 September through 23 December the Seimas held 48 sittings and adopted over 300 pieces of legislation. […]

Evaldas Pašilis
Politics

Lithuanian parliament endorses prosecutor general nomination

The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to endorse the president’s nomination of judge Evaldas Pašilis to the post of prosecutor general. […]

Vytautas Landsbergis
Politics

Public figures call for Landsbergis to be granted Freedom Prize despite Seimas rejection

The Lithuanian Seimas snubbed Vytautas Landsbergis, chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania (the reconstituent Seimas) and signatory of the Independence Restoration Act, when it voted to deny him the 2015 Freedom Prize on 24 November. Now, however, the Public Council under the Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of The Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation has addressed Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė, calling for the prize to be awarded to Landsbergis. […]

Daiva Gineikaitė
Politics

National Land Service chief on unpaid leave after allegations of drunk driving

Daiva Gineikaitė, head of the National Land Service (NZT) under the Ministry of Agriculture, has been temporarily placed on unpaid leave pending the results of an investigation into whether or not she was driving under the influence of alcohol when she caused a traffic accident in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city. The decision was made after her meeting with Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė on Monday. […]

Rolandas Paksas and Valentinas Mazuronis
Politics

Failed Paksas vote was calculated move by Labour Party, observer says

A failed vote in the Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday will prevent the leader of the ruling Order and Justice party, Rolandas Paksas, to run for parliament in next year’s elections. Observers say the situation has been engineered by the Labour Party which wants to steal Paksas’ voters. […]