Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen said Monday MPs are not enthusiastic about changing the Constitution to abandon parliamentary funds, but political groups agreed to discuss that in their internal talks.
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On Friday, 12 January, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) registered incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda as an independent participant of the political campaign for the 2024 presidential election.
The Lithuanian Youth Council wants that in municipal elections the voting age be lowered to 16 years. The Seimas’ liberals think that such age requirement could also apply to the European Parliament (EP) elections. DELFI has organised a discussion on this matter.
The Parliament on Thursday voted to support a recommendation for impeachment of MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis accused of antisemitism.
Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė does not think that President Gitanas Nausėda will support a draft law on civil union that will be considered by parliament in autumn. The politician made such assumptions after the president’s statements following a meeting with the Board of the Seimas on Tu...
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has congratulated neighbouring Poland on the occasion of 3 May, Day of the Constitution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, noting that the Constitution is a symbol of free people and the nation which will never lose its importance, the Office of the Government sai...
On Friday, the Seimas’ Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK) discussed the malicious activities of bots on social networks and outlined proposals to fight misinformation spread by fake automated accounts.
The next municipal and mayoral election is proposed to be held on 5 March 2023.
With the Seimas of Lithuania and the government discussing ways to compensate households for increased energy costs, President Gitanas Nauseda has called to decide on the size of budget deficit that would not pose risks to the state.
The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a program for marking the 230th anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 next near.
The Lithuanian government is in favor of lowering the minimum age for standing as a candidate in parliamentary elections to 21 years, from 25 currently.
The new wording of Lithuania's Law on Referendum was adopted in 2018 through a procedure that violated the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.
In the past couple of months, leading up to events transpiring in cities around the country these past few weeks, foundational issues and values of who we are as a country and as a people are being tested and debated, not only in legislative bodies and court rooms, but on social media and on the str...
The opposition Liberal Movement proposes to amend the Constitution to lower the minimum age for standing as a candidate in Lithuania's parliamentary election to 21 years.
12 May, Sunday, Lithuanians vote in the presidential election and two referenda on constitutional amendments to expand dual citizenship and cut the number of lawmakers from 141 to 121.
Lithuania's outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday refused to participate in the referendum on reducing the number of parliament members.
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Seimas group is joined by yet another former member of the Farmer-Greens Seimas group – Justas Džiugelis.
Research cornered Kepenis, anti-vaxxers and everyone, who met with antivaxxers on the street, shops and elsewhere. Bed and cards – even Guoga was left empty. Presidential ratings press on Nausėda. But the celebrations of those supporting Šimonytė, who has closed in on Nausėda, may also be premature.
Lithuania, as if a hopeless romantic and naïve person constantly lives in cycles of constant waiting, disappointment and new hope. We are now at the starting phase of a new cycle – the presidential elections.
With the Ministry of Environment remaining without a head for more than three months now, the opposition Social Democratic Seimas group is proposing to legally bind the prime minister to find a minister in 15 days. This has also received support from the Conservatives, however PM Saulius Skvernelis ...