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After the Sunday referendum on expanding dual citizenship failed to receive sufficient support, Dalia Henke, chair of the Lithuanian World Community, says the question for a possible new referendum should be put in a simpler way.

Friday is the last day when voters in Lithuania can vote early in the presidential election and two referendums on reducing the number of lawmakers and expanding dual citizenship.

Just over 90,700 people, or 3.74 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots over the first three days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and two referendums, according to the latest figures released by the Central Electoral Commission on Thursday.

Some 44,700 people, or 1.85 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots over the first two days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and two referendums on Monday and Tuesday.

Some 16,900 people, or 0.7 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and referendums on dual citizenship and the number of parliament members on Monday.

Lithuania's outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday refused to participate in the referendum on reducing the number of parliament members.

Early voting for Lithuania's presidential election and referendums on expanding dual citizenship and on reducing the number of seats in the Seimas got underway on Monday.

Aušrinė Armonaitė, Member of the Seimas, claims that the initiative of the Government to reduce the number of Members of the Seimas to 121 is a cheap trick in the presidential election campaign of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union that shakes the very foundations of parliamentarianism and migh...

The Lithuanian parliament decided on Feb 14 to hold a referendum to cut size of the country's parliament from 141 to 121.

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Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament's initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as "politicizing", saying the odds are low for the referendum to be successful under the current requirements.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship alongside the forthcoming general elections, but cautions that the amendments should prevent abuse cases.

The Liberal Movement political group of the Lithuanian Seimas proposed holding a binding referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections next October.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that a proposal to hold a referendum for Vilnius residents to decide on the fate of the Soviet Green Bridge statues was a "good idea".

Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has voiced opposition to proposals of granting the Lithuanian parliament the right to block referendum initiatives from ordinary citizens.

A referendum on dual citizenship would be a "hopeless event", says leader of the Lithuanian World Community Danguolė Navickienė.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday backed the idea to hold a referendum on dual citizenship, stressing the need for thorough preparation.

Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has backed the idea of holding a referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections in 2016.

Pranciškus Šliužas, a Lithuanian activist who was part of the group behind this year's referendum on banning land sale to foreigners, is planning to found a new political party Gimtasis Kraštas (Native Land).