Politics

A referendum on dual citizen will take place in Lithuania and it will need a lot of focus, Dalia Henke, head of the Lithuanian World Community, says. […]

LVŽS leader’s proposed centenary amnesty worth discussion, Lithuanian justmin says

An amnesty on the occasion of Lithuania’s centenary and the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, proposed by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, is worth discussing, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius says. […]

LVŽS leader proposes amnesty on occasion of Lithuania’s centenary, papal visit

Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has proposed announcing an amnesty on the occasion of Lithuania’s centenary and the upcoming visit of Pope Francis. […]

Head of Lithuania’s Customs Department resigns

Arūnas Adomėnas, director general of Lithuania’s Customs Department, has stepped down. […]

Lithuanian president sees no major changes in govt’s tax reform

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While the Lithuanian government and the ruling parties’ lawmakers consider the recently passed tax and pension system reforms to be essential, President Dalia Grybauskaitė sees the amendments she has signed into law as adjustments whose results will depend on how they are put into practice, the Delfi.lt news website reported. […]

Seimas approves overhaul of health facilities

The Lithuanian parliament has approved an overhaul of health facilities that gives the health minister the right to decide on the network of such facilities. […]

Expats expect Lithuanian Constitutional Court to back lower referendum threshold

The Lithuanian World Community (LWC) expect the Constitutional Court to rule in favor of the Seimas’ decision to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]

Seimas adopts amendments on personal info protection

The Seimas of Lithuania on Saturday adopted amendments to the Law on the Legal Protection of Personal Data, related to the ongoing personal data reform in the European Union. […]

MP Skardžius avoids impeachment

Lithuanian MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party political group in the Seimas, has avoided impeachment after the parliament on Saturday endorsed the conclusions of a special commission, stating that there’s no basis for the impeachment procedure. […]

Seimas lowers threshold for dual citizenship referendum

The Seimas of Lithuania has lowered the threshold for the adoption of constitutional amendments on a dual citizenship referendum. […]

Lithuanian introduces changes to teachers’ pay system

Lithuania is shifting to a new pay system of teachers as of the upcoming September. […]

President signs laws on tax overhaul

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the laws overhauling the country’s tax system, adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania last Thursday. […]

Longer Russian-language programs will have to be dubbed in Lithuanian, Seimas decides

Programs with a duration exceeding 90 minutes, broadcast in the Russian or any other non-EU language, will have to be dubbed in Lithuanian, after the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted an amendment to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public, with 81 votes in favor, no votes against and six abstentions. […]

Vice-mayor Varna to serve temporarily as mayor of Lithuania’s Panevėžys

The City Council of Panevėžys has temporarily appointed Vice-Mayor Aleksas Varna as the northern Lithuanian city’s mayor. […]

Seimas legalizes midwifery services in home births

The Lithuanian parliament has made it legal for professional midwives to attend to home births when there is no threat to the health of the mother and the newborn baby. […]

Seimas approves tobacco excise tax hike plan

The Lithuanian government backed on Thursday the government’s proposal to raise excise tax rates for cigarettes and other tobacco products, including liquids used in e-cigarettes, and to subject nicotine free e-liquids to an excise duty starting next March. […]

Lithuanian president says ready to sign tax laws Saturday

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she is ready to look through and sign a package of tax bills on Saturday so that they can take effect next January. […]

Lithuania’s ruling LVŽS offers cooperation agreement to Order and Justice

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) invites the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas to sign a cooperation agreement, but it does not intend to bring it into the government coalition, the ruling party’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]

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Lithuania sets term of office, good repute requirement for heads of cultural institutions

The heads of museums, libraries, theaters and concert halls in Lithuania will be appointed for a five-year term of office. […]

Seimas starts debates on OECD accession agreement