referendum

  • Politics

Smaller Seimas would easier succumb to control by large agribusinesses – MP Armonaitė

Aušrinė Armonaitė, Member of the Seimas, claims that the initiative of the Government to reduce the number of Members of…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania to hold referendum to cut size of parliament

The Lithuanian parliament decided on Feb 14 to hold a referendum to cut size of the country's parliament from 141…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Seimas eases rules for initiating referenda

The Lithuanian parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on Referendum, simplifying rules for citizens' legislative initiatives.Groups who wish to…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: How the Kremlin infiltrated an EU referendum in the Netherlands

The student leaders of 1968 could probably not have imagined how their democratic ideas would be high-jacked by a combination…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanian expatriates don’t think dual citizenship referendum would be successful

Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament's initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as "politicizing", saying the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM backs dual citizenship referendum proposal

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian liberals initiating binding referendum on dual citizenship

The Liberal Movement political group of the Lithuanian Seimas proposed holding a binding referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections…

10 years ago
  • Culture

Vilnius referendum proposed to decide on Green Bridge statues

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that a proposal to hold a referendum for Vilnius residents to decide…

10 years ago
  • 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…

10 years ago
  • 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. [...]

10 years ago
  • 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…

10 years ago
  • 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…

10 years ago
  • Politics

New political party to be founded in Lithuania

Pranciškus Šliužas, a Lithuanian activist who was part of the group behind this year's referendum on banning land sale to…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian court rules against euro referendum

Efforts to hold a referendum on Lithuania’s switchover to the euro and to preserve the current national currency, the litas,…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Referendum Law violates Lithuanian Constitution, court rules

The provision of the Referendum Law, which obligates the parliament to call a referendum, even if the proposal is possibly…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Let’s not rush to equate referendum supporters with enemies of state

Since a week ago, welcoming political maturity in our state, I wrote that one of the evidence thereof would become…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Early voting in land sale referendum kicks off sluggishly

Early voting in the referendum on a ban on sale of agricultural land to foreigners in Lithuania started on Wednesday.…

11 years ago