The Government of Lithuania wants the country’s courts to have the opportunity to turn to the European Court of Human Rights for consultation while hearing cases that might involve human rights violations. […]
The European Parliament has decided to investigate who secretly distributed a book titled Red Dalia to box offices of all EP members. The book is an unflattering biography of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė containing allegations of Soviet collaboration. […]
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence is going to convene on Wednesday to discuss preparations to combat terrorism. […]
More than a third of Lithuanian parliamentarians suggest setting up a parliamentary commission to investigate allegations about a secret US detention facility for suspected terrorists that operated in Lithuania a decade ago. […]
Soon the time will come when Russia will issue an official apology for Soviet occupation from the stand of the Lithuanian Seimas, according to Petras Vaitiekūnas, Lithuania’s former ambassador to Ukraine and one-time foreign minister. He said this at a solemn parliamentary sitting on Tuesday to mark the 24th anniversary of the 13 January 1991 events. […]
In 2015, Lithuania’s ruling coalition is planning reforms in the areas of science and education as well as healthcare areas, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė on Monday and criticised her for stagnating reforms in children’s care homes and for the lack of transparency in the ministry’s use of funds. […]
Daiva Ulbinaitė, former advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė, did not abuse civil service and did not reveal state secrets, a court ruled on Monday. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will take his annual vacations between 15 and 22 January. […]
The Ethnic Minority Law would help ensure rights for ethnic minorities in Lithuania, and the parliament should reopen the bill in its spring session, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
The Lithuania Tribune spoke with Professor Fernand de Varennes, a world-famous expert in human rights law. The interview was conducted by Liudvikas Jakavičius-Grimalauskas, and presented in cooperation with the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR). […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she sees no need to resume parliamentary investigation into an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania, but calls on law enforcement agencies to continue their separate probe. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that a dialogue with Russia is impossible until Moscow “is engaged in aggression” and supports “terrorists in eastern Ukraine“. […]
The Lithuanian prime minister‘s team has been expanded by creating the position of adviser on equality issues. Auksė Kontrimienė has been appointed to the new position. […]
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has ordered a review of public procurement tenders for IT services in the ministry’s institutions over the last five years. The minister says that the fact that the same company won disproportionally many contracts raises suspicion about preferential treatment. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius delivered a speech on Sunday at a Catholic family event in Šiauliai. He said the event showed the importance of the family institution in the lives of the nation and church. […]
2015 should be a quieter year in Lithuania’s political life, although the Government can never expect an uncomplicated year, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He believes that the Coalition will face a number of challenges and first of all because of the geopolitical situation. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania has closed its fifth ordinary autumn session with 45 plenary sittings held from 10 September to 23 December and around 360 laws, 65 resolutions and 5 other legal acts adopted, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has commented on the new mayoral election procedures and said that the the self-government reform has not been completed and will require additional amendments to the current laws. […]
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