Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights Archives

Over 100 NGOs, academicians call on president to veto family law

October 24, 2017 BNS 0

Eighty non-governmental organizations and almost 30 academicians have asked Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the recently-passed Law on the Strengthening of the Family. […]

Lithuanian parliament endorses new media self-regulation procedure

November 25, 2014 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Pubic Information, changing the way the commission for media ethics is formed. […]

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics

Lithuanian foreign minister and human rights activist greet Latvian foreign minister’s coming out

November 7, 2014 BNS 0

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics came out as gay on Thursday, stirring reactions across the Baltics. Lithuanian foreign minister congratulated his colleague, while a human rights activist says the step could encourage change in Lithuania as well. […]

ENAR demands apology from Lithuania’s Interior Ministry for racial profiling

July 25, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR), comprising of more than 170 non-governmental organizations, has turned to the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and has asked for an official apology to Lithuanian Muslim community, the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) informs. […]

Foreign Policy Coordination Council discussed key objectives in 2021 foreign policy

January 15, 2021 0

President Gitanas Nausėda convened a meeting of the Foreign Policy Coordination Council to discuss key priorities and objectives in foreign policy in 2021, the President‘s Communication Group wrote in a press release. “We are a […]

Crisis management: aim high, act fast and keep the lights on

January 12, 2021 0

A few weeks ago, some of the participants at the new cabinet’s meeting must have been overtaken by a sense of déjà vu. It was a similarly urgent meeting in the weekend that the previous […]

Seimas to promote close bilateral cooperation between Lithuania and the US

January 7, 2021 0

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted a Resolution thereby committing to consolidate the strategic partnership between Lithuania and the US in the field of defence, seek the permanent presence of US troops in Lithuania, promote […]

Nerijus Mačiulis. Five key accents of the new Lithuania’s government programme

December 31, 2020 0

For whom and what does the new Lithuania’s government programme promise? Across the 118 pages long programme, anyone could find accents of relevance to themselves – optimists can celebrate every page, while pessimists, as the […]

Wrap Up of 2020: key takeaways of fintech ecosystem

December 23, 2020 0

With favourable business conditions to grow, Lithuania is a home for many technology startups and established companies. One of the fastest developing sectors is fintech. Although 2020 was a challenging year for the country’s economy […]

Laurinkus. Lithuania is familiar with a dramatic clash of visions and reality: how will it be now?

December 23, 2020 0

Former President D. Grybauskaitė demanded English language skills from minister candidates, just no one knows based on what scale – up to five or ten points. By the way, the current minister of national defence […]