In the Seimas
Politics

Seimas get bid to lower MP number to 101, move elections to March

A Constitutional amendment has been registered at the Lithuanian parliament, suggesting to lower the number of parliamentarians from the current 141 to 101 and move parliamentary elections from October to March. […]

Press conference at the Presidential palace
Politics

Seimas upholds presidential veto, drops Civil Code amendments

Lithuania’s parliament has taken the presidential veto into account, deciding to discard the latest amendments of the Civil Code. […]

Eugenijus Jovaiša, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Saulius Skvernelis, Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Peasant & Greens up on popularity scale, SocDdems down

Lithuania’s ruling Peasant and Greens Union, which triumphed in the recent parliamentary elections, saw its popularity grow, while that of their coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party, was cut in half from the September level, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]

SoDra
Politics

Sodra social insurance budget envisages raising pensions by EUR 20 from January

The average old-pension should go up by about 20 euros starting early 2017, which is 5 euros more than the increase planned earlier. The raise is envisaged in the revised 2017 budget draft of the Sodra state-run social insurer. The draft does not say anything about the plans of the Peasant and Green Union, which won the October general elections, to increase pensions by 40 euros from July. […]