Politics
Lithuania’s election watchdog registers 6 candidates to fill vacant Seimas seat
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday registered six candidates who want to fill a vacant parliament seat. […]
Constitution
Global LT
Lithuania will hold dual citizenship referendum, PM says
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says a dual citizenship referendum “definitely will be held” alongside the presidential election next year, fearing, however, that it might fail due to a low turnover. […]
Politics
Expats call on Seimas to reject presidential veto on referendum threshold
The Lithuanian World Community (LWC) asks the Seimas to override President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto on amendments lowering the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
CORPORATE
A. Kubilius’ response to R. Karbauskis: offering to uncover, why the “Farmers” backed the Conservatives
With the “Farmers” announcing their intent to initiate a new parliamentary investigation, former prime ministers Andrius Kubilius of the Conservatives and Algirdas Butkevičius of the Social Democrats do not conceal their negative view of such […]
Politics
President robs time with her dual citizenship referendum veto, LVŽS leader says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is robbing time with her veto of amendments to the Referendum Law, lowering the threshold for such a dual citizenship referendum, Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), says. […]
Global LT
Hopes fading for dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania – LWC leader
Hopes are fading for a positive dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania after President Dalia Grybauskaitė vetoed amendments to the Referendum Law, lowering the threshold for such a referendum, the head of the Lithuanian World Community says. […]
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President vetoes dual citizenship referendum amendments
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments to the Referendum Law, lowering the threshold for a dual citizenship referendum, as potentially running counter to the country’s Constitution. […]
Society
STT detains examiners assessing foreigners’ knowledge of Lithuania in corruption case
Officers from Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday detained in Vilnius District three members of a special commission assessing foreigners’ knowledge of the Lithuanian language and Constitution and six private persons in a suspected corruption case. […]
Politics
Healthmin: it’s a pity president didn’t comment on hospital overhaul earlier
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says it is regrettable that President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not make her comments on the planned overhaul of health care facilities before vetoing the legislative package. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president vetoes overhaul of health facilities (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments that would have paved the way for overhauling the network of health care facilities. […]
Politics
Dual citizenship referendum will need a lot of focus, LWC leader says
A referendum on dual citizen will take place in Lithuania and it will need a lot of focus, Dalia Henke, head of the Lithuanian World Community, says. […]
CORPORATE
Urging not to expect that Lithuanians abroad will vote in dual citizenship
Knowing how actively Lithuanians abroad participate in elections, we should not expect that they will actively speak up on dual citizenship, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told LRT Radio. According to him, it will be those […]
Global LT
Expats expect Lithuanian Constitutional Court to back lower referendum threshold
The Lithuanian World Community (LWC) expect the Constitutional Court to rule in favor of the Seimas’ decision to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Politics
MP Skardžius avoids impeachment
Lithuanian MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party political group in the Seimas, has avoided impeachment after the parliament on Saturday endorsed the conclusions of a special commission, stating that there’s no basis for the impeachment procedure. […]
Politics
Seimas lowers threshold for dual citizenship referendum
The Seimas of Lithuania has lowered the threshold for the adoption of constitutional amendments on a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Politics
Seimas to hold sittings five days this week
The Seimas of Lithuania will hold sittings every day this week before the end of the spring session. […]
CORPORATE
The nation’s love for the president fading: where Grybauskaitė made a mistake
Political scandals have been reducing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s ratings for three months in a row now. Political scientists state that this was caused by both the corruption scandal, which drew the president in, as well […]
CORPORATE
Saving private Skardžius – is the commission ruling aimed at safeguarding the coalition?
It is very important to the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union to maintain the coalition and were the “Farmers” to not back Artūras Skardžius, their coalition partners could withdraw completely, opposition MPs Eugenijus Gentvilas and […]
CORPORATE
War between R. Karbauskis and D. Grybauskaitė: which will step on a political mine?
Political analyst Virginijus Savukynas is convinced that “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, who is committed to investigating the peripeties of the “tulip mail” scandal, could in the long term with Seimas elections nearing gain significant political […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Citizenship and other referenda
For a time now, discussions have continued for arranging a referendum on dual citizenship, changing a Constitutional article, which specifies that “except legally specified exceptions, no one can be both a citizen of the Lithuanian […]