Energy
Lithuania’s top court says LNG facility law compliant with Constitution
Lithuania’s Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal, as amended, complies with the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian parliament moves to amend Constitution to allow Paksas to run for office
A hundred Lithuanian MPs have drafted Constitutional amendments that should pave the way for Rolandas Paksas, a member of the ruling Order and Justice party who has been impeached as president in 2004 and banned from running for public office since then, to run for parliament and president again. […]
Society
Former Soviet security officer sent to jail over 1956 operation on guerrilla leader
A Kaunas court on Thursday found former Soviet security officer Stanislovas Drelingas guilty of genocide and sentenced him to five years in prison for participating in a 1956 operation to detain Lithuanian guerrilla leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]
Society
Ban on right hand drive cars “uncosntitutional”, Lithuania’s top court rules
The existing ban on the use of right hand drive cars in Lithuania runs counter to the country’s Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania ruled on Friday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian government in favour of closer cooperation with ECHR
The Government of Lithuania wants the country’s courts to have the opportunity to turn to the European Court of Human Rights for consultation while hearing cases that might involve human rights violations. […]
Politics
Lithuanian opposition wants parliament speaker to halt budget law
Leader of the Seimas Opposition Andrius Kubilius urges Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė to stop the procedure of signing the law on the budget until the Opposition’s statement is examined by the Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures. […]
Politics
Court asks for constitutional ruling in Lithuania’s Labour Party state grant case
The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on Monday stopped the hearing of the Labour Party‘s state grant case and decided to turn to the Constitutional Court. […]
Politics
Parliament speaker critical of restrictions on citizens’ referendum initiatives
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives from ordinary citizens. […]
Society
Former Constitutional Court judge: Lithuania can consider allowing dual citizenship
The Lithuanian parliament has begun debates on amendments to the Law on Citizenship proposed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The bill is intended to expand possibilities for Lithuanian citizens to also hold passports of other countries. […]
Politics
Opposition leader Kubilius sceptical about dual citizenship referendum
Lithuanian parliament’s opposition leader Andrius Kubilius of the conservatives is sceptical about the proposed referendum on dual citizenship, saying the Law on Citizenship should suffice to expand the possibility for Lithuanians to keep several citizenships. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian expats don’t support dual citizenship referendum bid
A referendum on dual citizenship would be a “hopeless event”, says leader of the Lithuanian World Community Danguolė Navickienė. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president calls on people to prepare for citizenship referendum
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday backed the idea to hold a referendum on dual citizenship, stressing the need for thorough preparation. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM supports referendum on dual citizenship in 2016
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has backed the idea of holding a referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections in 2016. […]
Politics
Lithuania must get ready for dual citizenship referendum, parliament speaker says
Lithuania has to prepare for holding a referendum on dual citizenship, there is no other way, Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said in her congratulatory message to the commission of the parliament and the Lithuanian World Community. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament lawyers criticize president’s dual citizenship amendments
Lawyers at the Lithuanian Seimas say that President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s amendments on dual citizenship for people with exceptional merits to the country may run counter to the Constitution. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Seimas speaker in favour of constitutional amendments on dual citizenship
Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Loreta Graužinienė has welcomed the president’s proposal to expand provisions for dual citizenship and underlined that the country’s Constitution needs to be amended to stay in touch with the times. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP says referendum is needed to resolve dual citizenship issue
Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas, believes that amendments to the Law on Citizenship proposed by the president will not solve any problems. According to him, a referendum should be held on dual citizenship for the nation to decide the issue, and there is no other way round this. […]
Defence
Constitutional Court president: Lithuania must fulfill NATO defence spending and EU human rights commitments
Lithuania’s NATO membership is a constitutional asset and the country must fulfill its commitment to ensure proper defence funding, Dainius Žalimas, president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, says. […]
Legal reforms needed for strengthening democracy in Ukraine, says President Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Yurii Baulin, to discuss the country’s ongoing legal reforms, the strengthening of judicial system and preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine. […]
Politics
Council of Europe calls on Lithuania to adopt amendments to allow Paksas run for office
The Council of Europe‘s Committee of Ministers, which monitors the execution of the European Court of Human Rights rulings, has called on Lithuania to adopt constitutional amendments to allow impeached president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament. […]