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Lithuanian parliament votes to extend dual citizenship
Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, voted on Thursday in favour of legal amendments that will expand possibilities for Lithuanian nationals to have dual citizenship. […]
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Company linked to Lithuanian PM’s family involved in cartel agreement
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. […]
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MPs want more funding for Lithuania’s State Security Department
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. […]
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Former finance minister to run for Lithuanian parliament
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). […]
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Lithuanian mayor removed from office on bribery suspicions
The Panevėžys city unit of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) is investigating suspected bribery by Utena District Mayor Alvydas Katinas. […]
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Lithuanian president proposes amendments to raise university enrolment criteria
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. […]
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Former President Valdas Adamkus turns 89
Former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus is celebrates his 89th birthday on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian president hopes to appoint new prosecutor general in 2015
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). […]
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Lithuanian conservative leader’s family business under prosecutors’ investigation
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). […]
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Conservative MP proposes to abolish proportional representation in Lithuanian parliamentary elections
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. […]
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Lithuanian MP suggests indexing minimum wage to average pay
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. […]
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No changes to Lithuania’s electoral system before 2016 general elections
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. […]
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Voters will not be able to ‘move’ right before municipal 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. […]
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Conservative MP proposes constituency for expatriate Lithuanians
MP Kęstutis Masiulis of the conservative Homeland Union has proposed to establish a separate electoral constituency for Lithuanian citizens who live abroad. […]
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė to consult parliament on prosecutor general nomination
President Dalia Grybauskaitė will consult the board of parliament about the candidate for prosecutor general once again next week. […]
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How will Lithuanians be electing their parliament?
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. […]
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Lithuania celebrates Constitution Day
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. […]
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Lithuanian liberals re-elect party leader on platform of tax cuts and e-voting
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. […]
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Current leaders among most trustes public figures in Lithuania
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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Grybauskaitė and Adamkus most popular public figures in Lithuania
Last month, ratings of three politicians grew while those of five others fell. A survey commissioned by news agency ELTA and carried out on 12-22 September by pollster Baltijos Tyrimai has revealed that President Dalia Grybauskaitė and former president Valdas Adamkus were the most favourably evaluated public figures in Lithuania, among 70 percent of the polled each. […]