Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and Mindaugas Bastys, a former social democrat who stood for election as an independent candidate, have gotten into the run-off of a by-election in Lithuania’s Zanavykai constituency, held to fill a vacant parliament seat, according to preliminary data. […]
The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs says that the Seimas would probably breach the principle of equal treatment if it removed the election threshold for ethnic minority parties. […]
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz on Thursday called on Lithuania to allow the original spelling of the names of local Poles in their passports. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday criticized legislative initiatives to lower the referendum threshold as “irresponsible” and “dangerous”, calling on lawmakers to instead look for ways to encourage voters to turn out for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Lithuania will elect municipal councils on March 3, 2019, its next president on May 12 and members of the European Parliament on May 26. […]
The City Council of Klaipėda voted on Thursday to turn to court over the impeachment of Viačeslav Titov, a councilor representing the Union of Russians in Lithuania, who has accused Lithuanian partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas of killing innocent civilians. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is back on the list of the top three potential candidates for next spring’s presidential election in Lithuania, according to an opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ruling bloc will not be able to “silence” her by setting up a new parliamentary investigation commission. […]
Lithuania’s ruling parties propose to lower the referendum threshold for the entire Chapter 1 of the Constitution. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday gave the green light for setting up a new commission to investigate unlawful influence on political processes during the tenure of two previous governments. […]
The Lithuanian parliament upheld on Tuesday President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of a legislative package paving the way for an overhaul of the network of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. […]
The Lithuanian parliament upheld on Tuesday President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of amendments lowering the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Lithuanian lawmakers are expected to decide on Tuesday whether or not to open a new parliamentary investigation into influence on political processes and public authorities. […]
The Order and Justice party joined on Tuesday the ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP) in the parliament. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the Seimas’ fall session will not be easy, but he expects the parliament to adopt, by Christmas holidays, a number of “decisions that people are waiting for”. […]
Justas Džiugelis is leaving the political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) in the Seimas. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called on lawmakers to stop looking back and not to waste their time on squabbling as she congratulated the Seimas on the start of its new fall session. […]
The Order and Justice council decided on Sunday to propose Rolandas Paksas for the post of the party’s chairman at this month’s congress and to nominate Lithuania’s impeached former president as the party’s candidate to run in next year’s presidential election, MP Petras Gražulis said. […]
The Opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to the latest opinion poll released on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s parliamentary parties signed on Monday an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade. […]
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