The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted the 2015 budget for the state social insurance fund, Sodra, that provides for bringing sickness and unemployment benefits back to the pre-crisis level from January and raising pensions from July. […]
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) will repeat its vote on the 2015 budget bill, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s parliament will this week hold a training for employees of the Ukrainian parliament – civil servants and MP assistants. […]
The Lithuanian parliament Thursday passed the law on national budget for 2015, the first year of the country’s eurozone membership, by a vote of 79 to 33, with 23 abstentions. […]
Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that cooperation between the Seimas of Lithuania and the state Duma of Russia is almost non-existent. […]
The parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on Excise Duty. The bill introduces higher excise duty rates on beer, wine and other fermented beverages, intermediate products, ethyl alcohol, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos starting in March 2015. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday again rejected a candidate for equal opportunities ombudsperson. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Pubic Information, changing the way the commission for media ethics is formed. […]
At its plenary sitting on Monday, the Seimas of Lithuania adopted the legislation implementing the European Union‘s Fiscal Compact treaty signed in 2012. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday allowed EU citizens who permanently reside in Lithuania to become members of political parties. However, non-Lithuanian citizens will not be allowed to found political parties. […]
A ban on sale of energy drinks to minors comes into effect in Lithuania on Saturday, making it the first country in Europe to introduce such a ban. […]
The Seimas political groups of the Homeland Union and the Liberal Movement have initiated an interpellation to Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas and started collecting MPs’ signatures. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed a law introducing fines for selling energy drinks to minors. Ninety lawmakers voted in favour, there were no votes against and five MPs abstained. […]
As the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday held a commemorative sitting to mark the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas and Šiauliai Ghettos, Tobijas Jefetas, chairman of the Lithuanian union of former ghetto and concentration camp prisoners, shared his memories as one of very few Jewish children who survived the war. […]
On Thursday, Lithuania’s parliament held a public hearing on the report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the Participatory Assessment of refugees’ integration opportunities and challenges in Lithuania, the Seimas’ press service informs. […]
The Conservative, Labour and Order and Justice parties of Lithuania employ emotionally charged rhetoric to built their image, while the Social Democrats and the Liberals use a more rational sort of discourse, claim political experts interviewed by the portal LRT.lt. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated members of Parliament with the start of the autumn session on Wednesday. As Lithuania and Europe experience a tense time, the president wished for a focused, responsible and wise session. […]
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