Gediminas Kirkilas EN

Amid proposals from some branches of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party to withdraw from the ruling coalition, three former leaders – ex-PMs Algirdas Butkevičius and Gediminas Kirkilas, as well as former parliamentary speaker Česlovas Juršėnas – insist that the party should stay in the bloc.

A proposal to allow using non-Lithuanian Latin-based characters for spelling names on the first page of personal identity documents has cleared the first hurdle in the parliament.

A group of Lithuanian lawmakers will travel to the United States later this month to rally support for Ukraine, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday.

Lithuania's MEP Zigmantas Balčytis has decided to give up his mandate to pursue an international career, the politician confirmed to BNS.

Although all of Lithuania's biggest political parties emphasized before the 2016 elections the need to resume the relations with Poland, the Seimas board has not listed the aspiration among the main goals of parliamentary diplomacy, 15min.lt news portal said.

Lithuania's parliament should this week start setting up a task force that should control the implementation of the agreement among political parties to block construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Belarus.