Politics Archives - Page 125 of 160 - the Lithuania Tribune

Parliament wants to undermine independence of prosecutor general, Lithuanian president says

October 23, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Friday Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with legal experts to discuss how to ensure transparent and effective work of the Prosecutor General‘s Office. Experts have noted that independence of the prosecutor general has been established in the Constitution. However, there have been repeated attempts to make the institution into a tool for politicians which is diminishing confidence in the state, the president believes. […]

Social Democrats suggest abolishing single-seat electoral constituencies

October 22, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Social Democrats have proposed to completely transform the current election system in Lithuania. Their proposal includes abolishing single-seat constituencies, dividing Lithuania into 10 voting districts. […]

President’s office asks court to evict former president’s widow from residence in Vilnius

October 21, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Following several repeated warnings, the Lithuanian president’s office has decided to turn to court over the eviction of former president Algirdas Brazauskas’ widow Kristina Brazauskienė from a residence in a prestigious neighbourhood of Vilnius she currently occupies. […]

Lithuanian government under pressure to redraw constituencies before next elections

October 21, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Tuesday, saying that disparities in voter numbers in each of Lithuania’s 71 constituencies were unconstitutional. This puts pressure on Lithuanian lawmakers to make necessary adjustments before the next general elections next year. […]

2016 budget law submitted to Lithuanian parliament

October 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, has accepted for consideration the 2016 state draft budget law after discussions and questions to Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius. […]

Variation in constituency sizes is unconstitutional, Lithuania’s top court rules

October 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that current regulations concerning the size of electoral constituencies is unconstitutional. […]

Deputy Social Security and Labour Minister Algirdas Šešelgis

Refugee integration funding still to be worked out, Lithuanian deputy minister says

October 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

It is too early to tell how much money will be allocated per refugee for their care, says Lithuania’s Deputy Social Security and Labour Minister Algirdas Šešelgis. […]

Conservative MP: Civil partnership law should be put to referendum

October 19, 2015 Ziniu radijas 0

Last week, the Lithuanian parliament rejected a bill that would have introduced civil partnership of opposite-sex couples. Conservative MP, who voted against the legislation, says it would have been a step towards legalizing same-sex partnership which, she insists, must be put to a referendum. […]

Lithuania prefers refugee families from different regions of Syria, deputy minister says

October 19, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Lithuanian Deputy Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius says Italy and Greece must compile lists of refugees eligible for resettlement in Lithuania. After that, they can start arriving as soon as possible, he has said on Monday. […]

Tomaševski with Anton Blinov. Photo: Znad Wili

Lithuanian politician sparks controversy by meeting Russian TV channel head

October 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) MEP Valdemar Tomaševski says there is nothing sensational about his meeting with representatives of Russian TV channel Perviy Baltiysky Kanal (First Baltic Channel). […]

Lithuanian parliament wants to take away president’s right to appoint prosecutor general

October 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) have suggested to change the procedure of appointing prosecutor general. Under current regulation, the prosecutor general is appointed by the president, with parliament’s approval; a new bill suggests letting the government pick the candidate. […]

Ambassador Zygimantis Pavilionis accepting his nomination Photo Ludo Segers

Lithuania’s former ambassador to US to run for parliament with conservatives

October 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A Vilnius unit of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has nominated diplomat Žygimantas Pavilionis to run for a parliament seat in the upcoming general elections next year in the Naujamiestis constituency of Vilnius. […]

Labour code reform package presented at Lithuanian parliament

October 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After submission on Thursday, the Lithuanian Parliament approved amendments to the Labour Code and accompanying legislation regulating the new social model. […]

Opposition MPs proposes to launch inquiry into PR company formerly owned by PM’s son-in-law

October 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A group of 37 members of the Lithuanian Parliament has proposed to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the activities of the PR company Ministerium which was formerly owned by the prime minister’s son-in-law. […]

New deputy director of State Security Department appointed

October 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed Vaidotas Mažeika to the post of deputy director of the State Security Department. […]

State Security Department to undergo structural reform

October 14, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

A structural reform plan for the State Security Department will be presented to the members of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian parliament rejects civil partnership law

October 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, rejected the bill that would have introduced the institution of partnership of opposite sex couples. The Ministry of Justice, which drafted the law, says the proposed legislation merely acknowledges the existing forms of cohabitation, while the opponents insist that civil partnership is an encroachment on the institution of marriage and is just one step away from legalizing same-sex partnership. […]

Lithuania’s Juknevičienė elected main rapporteur of Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

October 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

MP Rasa Juknevičienė from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) parliamentary group of the Lithuanian parliament has been elected as the main rapporteur of the Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which is taking place in Stavanger, Norway. […]

Conservatives propose to recognize Lithuania’s Communist Party as criminal organisation

October 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A group of Lithuanian politicians and activists have proposed that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its subsidiary in Lithuania – the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) – be recognized “a criminal organisation, organiser and executor of the genocide of the Lithuanian people, responsible for extermination, deportation and other repressions against Lithuanian residents”. […]

Seimas speaker under criticism of former party leader

October 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder and de facto leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party, has criticized fellow party member Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, for her “passivity”, warning that “life does not end in the Seimas speaker chair” in reference to Graužinienė’s future political prospects. […]