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Lithuanian Days where folk artists and craftsmen promote Lithuanian national cultural heritage, cuisine, folklore, education, medical and tourism opportunities in Lithuania are being held in Dnipro in Eastern Ukraine.

The referendum on dual citizenship will probably have to be moved to a later date, most likely to coincide with the Lithuanian presidential elections in 2019, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. Lithuanian expatriate communities have criticized plans to hold the referendum this October.

Lithuania must develop a programme to encourage expatriates to return home, Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė believes.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that an agreement has been reached with the leaders of all of the Seimas' parliamentary groups on the adoption of a so-called new social model, a package of laws including a new Labour Code, by July.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican's Secretary of State, is meeting with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė on Monday.

The reintroduction of military conscription for good in Lithuania is likely be approved by the Lithuanian parliament unanimously, said Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė of the Labour Party.

The Seimas of Lithuania assembled for an extraordinary session on Thursday, but it ended shortly after the agenda, proposed by the opposition, was voted down. The indignant opposition says it will turn to the Constitutional Court. In retaliation, the Seimas speaker has threatened with disciplinary a...

A posthumous award of military rank to a man suspected of involvement in the Holocaust has caught attention of the Lithuanian parliament speaker who has asked for explanation from the president and the defence minister.

Lithuania's ruling coalition says its parties have agreed that the social model liberalizing the labor market should be approved as soon as possible. The issue was discussed at the ruling coalition's political council on Tuesday.

Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party's helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party's list.

The leadership of Lithuania's Labour Party met to smooth over reported disagreements in its ranks after the parliament speaker's statements gave rise to speculations about her possible withdrawal.

The opposition at the Lithuanian parliament have collected enough MPs' signatures to initiate an extraordinary Seimas session. They are planning to present the call to the Seimas speaker on Friday.

Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė urged Ukraine to push on with the reforms at a meeting of parliamentary speakers of the Nordic and Baltic States (NB8) with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev.

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) intend to call an extraordinary session of the Seimas (parliament) on February 17 to launch impeachment procedures against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys.

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has said she opposes recent proposals to have all commercial banks share information about account holders with the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI).

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has sent a request for information to the Special Investigation Service (STT) about Deputy Speaker Kęstas Komskis after Liberal MP Andrius Mazuronis requested that she probe whether Komskis was suitable for the post.

Though a wave of discontent spread though the ruling coalition when Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius was appointed to be Lithuania's representative to the EU's Court of Auditors, it seems like those waves are subsiding.

Here are 10 of the most important, controversial or widely discussed Seimas (parliament) decisions made during 2015. This list was compiled by 15min.lt.

Labour Party leader, MEP Valentinas Mazuronis said he has no intention of withdrawing from the party leader‘s position until after parliamentary elections.