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Lithuania could legalise dual citizenship by scrapping 1990 dividing line – Seimas’ speaker

Amendments to Lithuania’s Law on Citizenship will be submitted to the parliament for approval, but the wording may be changed in the course of debates by scrapping the Mar. 11, 1990 dividing line, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Wednesday. […]

Mindaugas Bastys and Irena Šiaulienė
Politics

SocDems to vote against conclusion that MP Bastys acted against Lithuania’s interests

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the junior partner in the ruling coalition, will not support a parliamentary committee’s conclusion that Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the LSDP political group in the Seimas, acted against the interests of the Lithuanian state by maintaining close and constant contacts with representatives of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom. […]

Raimundas Kurlianskis ir Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

Liberal Movement’s activities were illegally financed – prosecutor general

MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement met with MG Baltic Vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis to discuss illegal financing for his party and voted in favor of legislation benefiting the business group’s interests, thus undermining the authority of the Seimas and disgracing the name of a lawmaker, the country’s prosecutor general said on Tuesday as he asked the parliament to strip the parliamentarian of his legal immunity over a possible abuse of powers. […]

Constitutional Court
Politics

Seimas speaker expects Constitutional Court to revise opinion on citizenship

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has expressed hope for the Constitutional Court to revise its doctrine and to allow broader dual citizenship possibilities by law rather than amendment of the country’s Organic Law. […]

H. E. Mr. Wei Ruixing, Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania,
Foreign affairs

Working together for common development

With snow melting away, grass germinating and trees unfolding buds, Lithuania in April is surrounded by gentle aroma of early spring. In such beautiful season, H. E. Mr. Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, is soon to pay an official visit to the Republic of Lithuania at the invitation of H. E. Prof. Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, H. E. Mr. Wei Ruixing, Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania wrote on the eve of the Chinese Speaker’s Official Visit to the Republic of Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian ID card
Politics

Seimas again aims to broaden institute of dual citizenship

Lithuania’s parliament is drafting a new initiative to allow dual citizenship to the citizens of Lithuania who acquire citizenship of a country of the European Union (EU) or NATO. […]