Committee on Legal Affairs

Seimas speaker denies that parliament will vote on civil union bill this week

Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen denies rumours that this week parliament may vote on the much-debated civil union bill.

Seimas backs Public Security Service reform plan at initial stage

The Seimas approved on Thursday a package of amendments to the police law proposed by the Ministry of the Interior to integrate the Public Security...

MP in favour of creating sexual offender register

MP Andrius Mazuronis , leader of the Labour Party , is in favour of creating the register of sexual offenders in Lithuania in order to safeguard families...

Government did nothing to reduce threat of child sexual abuse, says Farmers & Greens leader

Ramūnas Karbauskis , chair of the opposition Farmers and Greens party ( LVŽS ), argues the Government has “not lifted a finger” to have a legal...

Seimas may decide on snap election on Thursday

MP Petras Gražulis ’ motion on the announcement of the date of a snap election may be included in Thursday’s agenda of the Seimas.