Committee on Legal Affairs

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  • Opinion

Europe is getting impatient regarding Rolandas Paksas

Lithuania is likely to be faced with some harsh words from the court in Strasbourg in two weeks, having not…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Karbauskis explains why a parliamentary investigation of the LRT is needed

Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) chairperson Ramūnas Karbauskis released depersonalised documents from the LRT council on the national broadcaster's…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas set to scrutinize national broadcaster’s financial operations

Lithuania's parliament on Friday decided to conduct a parliamentary scrutiny of the economic, financial and management operations of the national…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Amendment to referendum law for dual citizenship rejected by Seimas

Reducing the requirements for a referendum on dual citizenship would violate Constitutional law and the constitutional principles of harmony, legal…

9 years ago
  • Society

Parliament to consider defining family through marriage and parenthood

The Lithuanian parliament will debate on Thursday an amendment to the Constitution that would tie the legal definition of a…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliamentary committees to investigate refusal of citizenship to Litvaks

Amid complaints from Lithuanian Jewish Community representatives and Litvaks living in Israel and South Africa, at least two Lithuanian parliamentary…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Proposal to allow English-language company names in Lithuania headed to Seimas

A member of the Seimas' Liberal group has submitted a proposal calling for the liberalisation of language and naming rules…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Serious problems with secret criminal intelligence laws found by Seimas committee

Existing Lithuanian laws allow for political manipulation using classified criminal intelligence reports, an investigation by the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president proposes new candidate for prosecutor general

President Dalia Grybauskaitė nominated judge Evaldas Pašilis for the post of prosecutor general. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Conservative MP asks to remove chairman of parliamentary Legal Affair Committee

Agnė Bilotaitė, member of the parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), has asked Seimas…

9 years ago
  • Politics

President Dalia Grybauskaitė to consult parliament on prosecutor general nomination

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will consult the board of parliament about the candidate for prosecutor general once again next week. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament wants to take away president’s right to appoint prosecutor general

Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) have suggested to change the procedure of appointing…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament committee to probe use of intelligence data

The Lithuanian Seimas' Committee on Legal Affairs will carry out a probe into the use of criminal intelligence information. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament committee decides same-sex partnership is in tune with constitution

The Lithuanian Seimas' Committee on Legal Affairs decided on Wednesday that the legalization of same-sex partnership would not contradict the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian interior minister says his reform efforts are hindered by his nonpartisanism

Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis admits that when discussing the improvement of officers' situation at the Cabinet of Ministers,…

10 years ago
  • Politics

EP panel discusses Lithuanian MEP Uspaskich’s immunity

The European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs on Tuesday discussed the request from Lithuanian prosecutors to lift the legal immunity…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania doesn’t need special name-spelling law– language watchdog

Lithuania does not need a special law on the spelling of names and surnames as amendments to existing legislation are…

10 years ago