If bickering has erupted even in the Constitutional Court seers’ lodge, what can you want from state institutions or even politicians in different camps? One can only shrug while watching what is happening on the […]
There is a good old English term illiberal democracy that does not have a precise translation into Lithuanian. It defines the regimes that come to power through democratic means, but their representatives apparently aim at the never-ending reign trampling on the fundamental European values of democracy, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. Let us call them anti-democrats, and let me share some insights about them. […]
Currently the Seimas is discussing two legislative projects, which would fundamentally change news media work. Representative of the Lithuanian Journalist Union (LŽS) Darius Lukoševičius had a brief, but telling description for the majority’s aims – “declaring a state of war.” However, gathered in a discussion hosted by the opposition on press freedom, specialists in the area openly pointed out that the situation is already bad, without even the amendments having been put in place, lrt.lt writes. […]
With a third more civic electoral committees aiming to participate in the municipal elections than during the last, Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has stated that the conditions for establishing and operating parties should be simplified or made alike those of the committees. Political scientists believe otherwise – that committee founding and operation conditions should be made more akin to parties, whose accountability to voters is greater, lrt.lt writes. […]
From doctors to teachers. Against children’s rights protection law changes and for the impeachment of a member of Seimas. The lrt.lt news portal presents protests held in 2018, which drew crowds and caused ripples throughout the public. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas passed amendments to the referendum law, which increases the voting deadline to 10PM and expands the number of voting locations abroad with the aim of increasing voter turnout. Furthermore, the new law establishes an institution, which would perform campaigning when the Seimas declares the referendum. The voting bar to make decisions remains unchanged. The new redaction of the law was prepared by a Seimas workgroup for the dual citizenship referendum, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas voted in a final rejection of the LRT investigation conclusions. However, this does not mean that the majority will stop seeking to change the public broadcaster’s management. Already in spring, talks could turn to the Lithuanian national radio and television law, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions was held in Seimas. As Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who chaired the sitting, noted – this vote was unprecedented. Amendments proposed by Aušrinė Armonaitė and the conclusions‘ first article were approved, but the vote on the second article did not pass. When voting on the full conclusions project, the Seimas also did not approve it, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas should be holding its final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions. They propose to change LRT management, establishing a board, changing council member appointment procedures and shortening their terms, lrt.lt writes. […]
Understanding that they may lack votes in Seimas to approve the LRT commission’s conclusions, the “Farmers” are seeking to reach their goals at any cost. According the Liberals, in order to approve the ad hoc commission’s investigation conclusions, the “Farmers” are taking to procedural manipulations, a press release from the Liberal Movement states according to lrt.lt. […]
The Seimas Ombudsman has called the Parliament to avoid any initiatives limiting the independence of the national broadcaster. The Seimas Ombudsman, Augustinas Normantas, has urged the Parliament to avoid the initiatives that would have a political and/or economic influence on the public broadcaster, thus violating the provisions of Article 10 of the ECtHR. Without assessing the specific proposals of the Seimas temporary investigation commission, formulated in Project No. XIIIP-2656, the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office as a national human rights institution advocates the protection of the independence of the national broadcaster. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas returns to deliberating on the conclusions of the commission on the LRT’s activities. Legislative amendments were to be presented based on the conclusions, however the amendments were prepared without awaiting the conclusions being approved by parliament or a response from the Constitutional Court (KT). […]
Talking about the past two years of this Seimas term, political scientist Kęstutis Girnius quipped that all we are missing is a Seimas inquiry into Vytautas the Great’s actions following the Battle of Žalgiris. What […]
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court of Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case on the rights of gay people married abroad. […]
Lithuania’s government has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, and the interior minister, as a politician, has the right to express his opinion, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
As Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas mulled on Thursday a possibility that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages, Agnė Širinskienė, chair of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, says it’s now impossible. […]
Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania is changing its rules and will issue residence permits to foreigners who entered into same-sex marriages with Lithuanian citizens abroad. […]
Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages. […]
A draft constitutional amendment to allow an individual access to the Lithuanian Constitutional Court passed the first vote in the Seimas on Thursday. […]
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hold on Thursday a public hearing on a case regarding the rights of same-sex persons who married abroad. […]
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