Lithuania is likely to be faced with some harsh words from the court in Strasbourg in two weeks, having not enacted the court’s ruling over impeached president Rolandas Paksas‘ rights for seven years. Jurists believe […]
Up to the referendum on dual citizenship it is necessary to clearly answer questions of whether foreign “spies” will not appear in the Lithuanian military, whether we will have MPs living thousands of kilometres away […]
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court on Thursday starts hearing a case regarding ministers’ personal monetary liability for wrongful dismissal of employees or other wrongful decisions. […]
Lithuania’s opposition has collected signatures for impeachment of MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labor group who may have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector. […]
Officials from the European Broadcasting Union say that the ongoing parliamentary scrutiny of the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) may undermine the independence of the public broadcaster. […]
The head of the LRT was insulted last week that Kęstutis Girnius compared the LRT with Lietuvos Geležinkeliai because apparently it was not considered that the national broadcaster is a media organisation that has a […]
Former Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) chair and former Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is sceptical of talks about S. Skvernelis choosing to not participate in the presidential elections. “It is not only gut feeling, but […]
Lithuania’s regulation that sets a ceiling on the amount of maternity/paternity pay does not run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. […]
Kęstutis Pūkas, who resigned as a member of the Lithuanian parliament just before a vote on his impeachment earlier this month, will be replaced by Ona Valiukevičiūtė, the next-in-line candidate on the Order and Justice party‘s list in the 2016 Seimas elections. […]
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė. […]
Crimea is part of Ukraine, regardless of annexation of the peninsula by Russia four years ago, Lithuania’s Constitutional Court chairman Dainius Žalimas said at a meeting with Crimea’s Tatars in Kiev. […]
On Friday a clear majority in Seimas voted in favour of a parliamentary investigation of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) management, financial and business activities. MPs who support the initiative stated that they are exclusively […]
Audrius Siaurusevičius, the director general of Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), says that parliamentarians have set up a commission parliamentary scrutiny of the public broadcaster with the aim of leaking information to the media. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s meeting of elders decided to remove the bid to revoke the mandate of MP Kęstutis Pūkas from the plenary agenda. […]
Lithuania’s ruling coalition will again propose a law on individual Constitutional claim, although the first attempt to allow citizens to turn to the Constitutional Court ended in failure. […]
Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys has no plans of giving up his mandate after the Constitutional Court ruled he had violated his oath of office. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s board has decided to set up a task force for preparations for the referendum on broader dual citizenship. […]
Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys breached his oath of office and committed a gross violation of the Constitution by concealing his ties with former KGB agent Piotr Voyeiko, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday. […]
A number of MPs appealed to the LRT council asking to present information regarding the budget funding LRT receives. It was requested that very detailed information be presented such as the copies, estimates and such […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis and leaders of many parliamentary groups say they believe the mandate of MP Kęstutis Pūkas will be revoked after the Constitutional Court ruled he violated his oath by sexually harassing women during job interviews. […]
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