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. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday voted in favour of restoring conscription in the country. The first stage of military draft is scheduled for August-September, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said. […]
A bill on the restoration of military conscription will be brought before the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Thursday. Both the ruling and the opposition political groups have pledged their support. […]
Lithuania’s female chess grandmaster Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen will become a member of Lithuania’s parliament to replace Liberal Remigijus Šimašius who was Sunday elected as Vilnius mayor. […]
Šarūnas Gustainis of the Liberal Movement won the MP mandate in Žirmūnai constituency in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, defeating Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė in a close race, show preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission. […]
As the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, is set to discuss the proposed partial restoration of conscription, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says it’s the only way to strengthen the Lithuanian army in the existing geopolitical situation. […]
Thousands of people took part in a festive parade as Lithuania marked the 25th anniversary of its independence restoration on Wednesday. […]
As Lithuania marks the 25th anniversary of its independence restoration on Wednesday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė called on Lithuanians to unite in the wake of new threats. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania started its spring session on Tuesday. Congratulating lawmakers on the occasion, President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed decisions made during the autumn session, including those on defence spending and euro introduction. […]
Having heard opinions of some MPs regarding the reintroduction of military conscription, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a discussion at the Seimas on the issue will probably be very lively. […]
If five current Lithuanian MPs who managed to get to the second round of mayoral elections win and take up posts as mayors, 5 constituencies of Lithuania would have to hold new parliamentary elections to find replacements for them, said Zenonas Vaigauskas, head of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK). […]
In response to informational pressure of the Kremlin-supported media, the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT plans new programs for Russian-speakers in Lithuania and hopes to launch a program focused on explaining sources of propaganda and its methods of working. […]
A large group of prominent Lithuanian politicians will vie for a parliamentary mandate at the single-mandate constituency of Žirmūnai in Vilnius on 1 March. […]
The Lithuanian parliament may decide during its spring session to revise the provisions that are said to burden the search for candidates for chiefs of the State Security Department, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reports. […]
The Lithuanian parliament has awarded the country’s allies in the United States, local representatives and officials for their contribution to Lithuania’s independence and statehood. […]
In a report published on 11 February, the Council of Europe Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) acknowledges the comprehensive legal and institutional framework developed by Lithuania to prevent and fight corruption among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. It also stresses that the authorities now need to shift their focus to ensuring that the legal norms are well understood and properly enforced, GRECO said. […]
The plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be held in Strasbourg on 26–30 January will address the question of whether to approve the credentials of the Russian delegation to be renewed in 2015 at the expiry of the sanctions applied by the PACE against the Russian delegation because of the annexation of Crimea and the escalation of military tensions in eastern Ukraine. […]
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