Central Electoral Commission

Sixteen political parties have submitted all the necessary documents to the Central Electoral Commission to be able to participate in Lithuania's general elections this October.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday announced that the mandate of the Labour Party's MP Vytautas Gapšys had been terminated. Gapšys is facing corruption charges and has himself asked to be relieved of his duties as an MP. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clic...

Lithuanian MP Vytautas Gapšys of the Labour Party has handed a request to the Central Electoral Commission to terminate his mandate as of August 3. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The Lithuanian parliament will discuss a citizens' legislative initiative to bar market access for electricity from a nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, just 50 kilometres from Vilnius. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission has concluded registration of campaign participants for the upcoming general elections this October. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The heads of Lithuania's ministries for interior and justice and the Central Electoral Commission signed on Thursday a memorandum on cooperation in combating vote-buying during elections. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

MP Eligijus Masiulis, who has suspended his leadership of the Liberal Movement pending investigation into suspicions that he could have accepted a bribe, arrived at the Prosecutor General's Office on Monday.

A group of activists on Monday submitted more than 61,000 signatures in support of a legislative initiative aimed at cutting alcohol consumption in Lithuania over to the Central Electoral Commission.

Lithuanians residing abroad can now sign up at the Central Electoral Commission's website to be mailed ballots for October's general elections.

Outgoing Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis could have breached official ethics by using the Ministry's public relations resources for campaigning, according to the Central Electoral Commission.

A public activist group against the resettlement of refugees in Lithuania failed to collect a sufficient number of signatures to force the Seimas to consider repealing last autumn's decision to lay the groundwork for participation in the European Union's refugee resettlement program.

The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year's first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties.

A group of Lithuanian activists have presented an initiative to completely ban alcohol advertising in Lithuania to the country’s Central Electoral Commission, as they kick off a campaign to collect enough signatures for the adoption of amendments to the Law on Alcohol Control.

Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party's helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party's list.

A group wants to collect 50,000 signatures under a petition which would force parliament to reconsider refugee resettlement in Lithuania.