A referendum on dual citizen will take place in Lithuania and it will need a lot of focus, Dalia Henke, head of the Lithuanian World Community, says.
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The Lithuanian World Community (LWC) expect the Constitutional Court to rule in favor of the Seimas' decision to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum.
Lithuanian MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party political group in the Seimas, has avoided impeachment after the parliament on Saturday endorsed the conclusions of a special commission, stating that there's no basis for the impeachment procedure.
The Seimas of Lithuania has lowered the threshold for the adoption of constitutional amendments on a dual citizenship referendum.
Lithuania is facing sanctions if amendments paving the way for Rolandas Paksas to stand as a candidate in elections do not more forward in the Seimas, says Donatas Murauskas, head of the Lithuanian Justice Ministry's Division of Representation at the European Court of Human Rights.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis plans to revise the existing system of incentives to serve in the military after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that giving preference to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs is unco...
The Lithuanian Justice Ministry will ask the Seimas to amend laws after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a legislative provision that gives priority to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs runs counter to the Constitution.
Lithuanian's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the priority conscripts enjoy during competitions for civil service jobs runs counter to the Constitution.
The Lithuanian parliament's working group is discussing two alternative formulations of the question of a dual citizenship referendum, both of which would allow keeping one's Lithuanian citizenship acquired by birth.
The Lithuanian parliament's ad hoc investigative commission scrutinizing the finances of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) has until September 24 to complete its work.
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday gave its backing to a draft constitutional amendment that would pave the way for the country's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections.
The Lithuanian parliament will on Thursday try to return to the issue of individual constitutional complaint after an unsuccessful attempt a year ago.
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 prosecutors have handed to court a criminal case where ex-MP Kęstutis Pūkas is charged with sexual harassment and violation of firearm storage rules.
