Rolandas Paksas
Politics

I will stand for president election in any case, Paksas says – media

Rolandas Paksas, the former leader of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party and now a MEP, say he plans to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election in Lithuania next year, irrespective of any circumstances. […]

Agnė Širinskienė
Politics

MP says scrapping election threshold for minorities could undermine equality

The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs says that the Seimas would probably breach the principle of equal treatment if it removed the election threshold for ethnic minority parties. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President urges MPs to look forward as Seimas opens fall session

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called on lawmakers to stop looking back and not to waste their time on squabbling as she congratulated the Seimas on the start of its new fall session. […]

Global LT

Dual citizenship referendum with two week gap against Constitution – expert

A proposal to hold a dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania on two days with a gap of two weeks might run counter to the country’s Constitution and Lithuania might be held up to ridicule for holding such a vote, en expert in constitutional law says. […]