The Government of Lithuania and Vilnius authorities have settled their dispute and agreed on the funding of the national stadium‘s construction. It was agreed that the government will pay only after the construction is finished. […]
Edmundas Sakalauskas, the new head of Lithuania’s Chief Official Ethics Commission, says the creation of a register of private interests and ensuring transparent lobbyism are among his main priorities. […]
The opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement continues to search for arguments to refute information in a State Security Department (VSD) report that the party was controlled by MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups. […]
The opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is calling for the ratification of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), the party’s resolution, adopted on Saturday, states. […]
Despite the European Commission‘s warning, the Seimas refuses to allow nationals of other EU member states to found political parties in Lithuania. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) is finalizing the findings in its probe on unlawful influence on political processes. […]
The Lithuanian government’s proposed tax and pension system reform has begun stalling after reaching the parliament. […]
Lithuania’s new Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius intends to initiate discussions on sexual minorities’ rights, although he does not reveal his position on these issues. […]
The leaders of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and its junior government coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP), propose to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Lithuania has failed to adopt necessary laws in time for the start of the application of the European Union‘s new data protection rules on Friday. […]
The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) turned on Wednesday to the Prosecutor General’s Office over allegedly unlawful disclosure of intelligence information. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that lifting the existing ban on businesses to financially support political parties would legitimize the buying of them. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ongoing parliamentary investigation into businesses’ influence on political processes is selective as it does not cover links between the current ruling bloc and businesses. […]
The State Security Department‘s information on a former prosecutor’s close cooperation with the MG Baltic business group’s executives is undermining trust in the prosecution service, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Lithuania’s government is expected to give its final approval to bills on planned tax, pension and other structural reforms. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania has started discussions on bills aimed at harmonizing the country’s laws with the new European personal data protection rules coming into forces in three days. […]
Journalist, philologist and litterateur Liudvikas Gadeikis, 63, has been elected chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius has withdrawn his proposal to ban the sale of goods that “distort or belittle the history of Lithuania” following criticism that the move might restrict the freedom of expression. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that politicians will return to discussions on political party funding after the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense issues the findings in its probe on links between businesses and politics. […]
The Labor Party‘s popularity in Lithuania is rising after its founder Viktor Uspaskich took the lead again. Meanwhile, a report published by the State Security Department has pushed the liberals’ rating down, a new survey shows. […]
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