Lithuania’s Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has suggested introducing compulsory treatment for people suffering from alcoholism, a measure that was in place under the Soviet rule and might clash with human rights. The proposal is a reaction to a quadruple homicide by a heavily intoxicated man this week which threw spotlight on the country’s chronic problem with heavy alcohol consumption. […]
Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, voted on Thursday in favour of legal amendments that will expand possibilities for Lithuanian nationals to have dual citizenship. […]
The Competition Council of Lithuania has imposed fines on four companies for concluding cartel arrangements. Ministerium is among the fined enterprises. Until recently it was co-owned by the son-in-law of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
The Lithuanian government is planning to increase the budget for the State Security Department (VSD) by 500,000 euro. However, parliamentarians say that in view of the growing geopolitical threats, the VSD should receive a far bigger budget increase. […]
Ingrida Šimonytė, deputy chairwoman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, will be running in next year’s parliamentary elections in one of Vilnius single-member constituencies. Her candidacy was put forward by the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). […]
The Panevėžys city unit of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) is investigating suspected bribery by Utena District Mayor Alvydas Katinas. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed law amendments, requiring students to pass at least one national-level graduation exam in order to be accepted into a college or university. […]
Former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus is celebrates his 89th birthday on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė expects to appoint a new prosecutor general by the end of this year, the president’s spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė said after a meeting with the Board of the Seimas (parliament). […]
Lithuanian prosecutors have started investigating potential damage done to the state by a business company owned by the family of Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union- Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). […]
Conservative MP Dainius Kreivys has registered amendments to the Law on Elections to the Seimas, proposing to abandon the party-list voting system and elect MPs only in single-member constituencies starting from 2020. […]
New proposed amendments to the Labour Code of Lithuania suggest that the minimum monthly wage should not be lower than half of the previous year’s average wage, which is estimated and announced by Statistics Lithuania. […]
Heads of political groups in the Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, on Wednesday met with Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė to discuss the implementation of the Constitutional Court‘s ruling on the size of electoral constituencies. A decision was reached that the parliamentary election system will not be changed for the 2016 general elections. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed amendments to the Law on Elections to Municipal Councils which she herself initiated and which were adopted by parliament. The amendments are aimed at ensuring greater election transparency. […]
MP Kęstutis Masiulis of the conservative Homeland Union has proposed to establish a separate electoral constituency for Lithuanian citizens who live abroad. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė will consult the board of parliament about the candidate for prosecutor general once again next week. […]
The recent ruling by Lithuania’s Constitutional Court, saying that there is too much variation in size among the country’s voting districts, has caused some havoc with only a year left until the next general elections. A group of social democratic MPs have even suggested a radical change in Lithuania’s voting system, although other parties are rather sceptical about the proposal. […]
October 25 is celebrated as the Constitution Day in Lithuania. On this day in 1992, Lithuanians voted for the country’s current democratic Constitution which was endorsed by over 75% of all voters. […]
Lithuania’s Liberal Movement re-elected the party’s current leader Eligijus Masiulis for another term in the position during the party congress on Saturday. […]
For several months in a row, Lithuanians trust most the current leaders of the country, the latest poll shows. Political experts link this to a stable political and economic situation in the country and the leaders’ authority. […]
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