Politics

Lithuania’s government is considering simplified membership in political parties of Lithuania for citizens of other countries of the European Union (EU) to avoid litigation with the European Commission. […]

Seimas' acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster's (LRT) operations holds if first meeting

Seimas panel wants external audit of national broadcaster’s finances

The Lithuanian parliament’s acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster‘s operations decided at its first meeting on Thursday to turn to 14 institutions for information about LRT, asking the government to earmark money and call a tender for LRT’s external audit. […]

PM stresses need for decisions to manage future risks in LRT probe

With the Lithuanian parliament set to launch its scrutiny of LRT, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it is important not only to dispel existing doubts, but also to ensure that no doubts about the public broadcaster’s activities arise in the future. […]

Brussels warns Lithuania over restrictions on EU citizens joining political parties

The European Commission has warned Lithuania that it may take it to court over restrictions to citizens of other EU member states to join political parties. […]

PM says special services won’t interfere with companies’ economic processes

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is confident that the country’s special services will not interfere with “economic processes” at Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva after these services have been allowed to vet large deals by the three privately-owned companies. […]

Lithuania: Achema slams law on large deals, Telia Lietuva sees no problem

Lithuania’s fertilizer manufacturer Achema criticizes a law opening the way for authorities to vet large deals by it and two more large privately-owned companies. […]

Lithuania’s top court rules ceiling on maternity pay not against Constitution

Lithuania’s regulation that sets a ceiling on the amount of maternity/paternity pay does not run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. […]

President signs bill on large deals by Orlen Lietuva, Achema, Telia Lietuva

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed into law a bill that opens the way for authorities to vet large deals by three privately-owned companies — Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva — and to block deals that are deemed a threat to national security. […]

Seimas panel hears STT info on unlawful influence on political processes

The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday heard information from the Special Investigation Service (STT) about possibly unlawful influence of businesses and interest groups upon political processes, however, the committee’s chairman Vytautas Bakas refused to elaborate, saying the report was classified. […]

Journalist not eligible for Lithuanian national broadcaster’s top executive over lack of master’s degree

Council of the Lithuanian national radio and television LRT decided on Tuesday that candidates for LRT top executive will be required to have a master’s degree. […]

Lithuania’s justice ministry drafts amendments to curtail life sentences – daily

Lithuania’s Justice Ministry has drafted a bill that would give hope to persons serving life sentences to walk out of prison, Lietuvos Rytas daily said. […]

National broadcaster’s council chief complains over too many papers asked too fast

The information submitted to Lithuanian parliamentarians may contain shortcomings, as the parliament was requesting too many documents within an excessively short period of time, says Žygintas Pečiulis, chairman of the council of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis at the Press Conference on the LRT

Conservative MPs accuse ruling Farmer’s leader of hindering LRT probe

Conservative members of a commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) say that Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), is hindering the probe. […]

Ruling Farmers’ party leader says LRT probe needed because of ‘mess’ in its documents

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says that a parliamentary scrutiny of the finances of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) is “necessary and inevitable” because of the “chaotic” way in which the public broadcaster provided its answers to lawmakers’ inquiries. […]

Group of MEPs express concern over Seimas’ scrutiny of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT

A group of members of the European Parliament have expressed their concern over the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary commission to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). […]

Valiukevičiūtė to replace Pūkas as member of Lithuanian parliament

Kęstutis Pūkas, who resigned as a member of the Lithuanian parliament just before a vote on his impeachment earlier this month, will be replaced by Ona Valiukevičiūtė, the next-in-line candidate on the Order and Justice party‘s list in the 2016 Seimas elections. […]

Sungailienė gets CEO job at Lithuanian Post