Constitution

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) has completed its probe into interest groups' influence on political processes and now asks for permission to declassify the materials of the investigation.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s decision to reject Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister is surprising, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will not appoint Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, as the country's justice minister, her press office told BNS on Thursday.

Lithuania’s Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas claims he does not receive any revenue from his mother’s farm, therefore, there’s no basis for speaking about any constitutional violations.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he will not yield to pressure from President Dalia Grybauskaitė or anyone else in his decision on the future of Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas.

By covering for Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis demonstrated his dependence and lack of principle, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Lithuanian MEP Valentinas Mazuronis who intends to run as an independent candidate for the 2019 presidential elections says his program is built on the idea of national spirit.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she has not received any nominations from the prime minister for justice minister.

A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections passed the first reading in the Seimas on Tuesday.

Lithuania's parliament rejected the opposition initiative of early parliamentary elections in the first phase of discussion on Tuesday.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė calls on members of the Seimas to come together for joint work as she does not think that it is possible to hold an early parliamentary election, her adviser said on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian State Defence Council will discuss the country's priority defence needs at its meeting on Tuesday, the president's press office said.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Monday voted unanimously to revoke the mandate of Mindaugas Bastys as a member of the Seimas, with the decision to take effect on Wednesday.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission will Monday consider the plea filed by MP Mindaugas Bastys to revoke his mandate.