After submission on Thursday, the Lithuanian Parliament approved amendments to the Labour Code and accompanying legislation regulating the new social model.
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The Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Tuesday returned the amendments to the Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal for improvement.
After the Lithuanian parliament rejected two nominees for the post of prosecutor general, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that MPs should vote on such nominations openly rather than in a secret ballot, as is currently the case.
A group of Lithuanian MPs have suggested that parliament should have a say on issues concerning refugee resettlement. Meanwhile the ruling Social Democratic Party has offered a political agreement among Lithuania's major parties, saying that an issue as sensitive as asylum seekers should not be made...
The Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, has approved amendments to the Law on Consumer Credit which are aimed at regulating the consumer credit market in order to promote responsibility of consumer credit lenders and their clients.
Jurgis Razma, a member of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has proposed abolishing secret voting in the Seimas of Lithuania, except for secret votes of non-confidence provided for by the Constitution.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the nomination of Edita Dambrauskienė, 46, chairwoman of Kaišiadorys District Court, who was proposed by the president to the post of prosecutor general. Fifty MPs voted in favour of her candidacy, 49 were against and 19 abstained.
The Seimas of Lithuania has made the first step towards banning smoking in balconies of apartment buildings. On Thursday, MPs approved the relevant draft amendments to the Law on Tobacco Control.
The Lithuanian Seimas' Committee on Legal Affairs will carry out a probe into the use of criminal intelligence information.
The Seimas of Lithuania has voted in favour of President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto to a bill that would have removed restrictions for political parties to be involved in media production.
The Lithuanian Parliament has adopted a resolution, proposing to the Government to raise the minimum monthly wage to EUR 437, a 34-percent hike from the current rate of EUR 325.
Lithuanian parliamentarians opened discussion on Thursday on a set of laws prepared by the Interior Ministry to legalize the resettlement of asylum-seekers from abroad. The laws also specify their duties and rights along with integration timeframes.
Bills necessary for the introduction of the electronic health system have been put before the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday, with e-prescriptions as one of the proposed novelties.
Representatives of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition in Lithuania, have proposed to the country's parliament to express its opposition to a permanent mandatory refugee quota system and call on the government to launch consultations with Poland and other Baltic states on the f...
Hard copies of birth, death and marriage certificates would be issued only upon request, and people would not be obliged to inform about their changed status, according to a package of amendments proposed to the Seimas of Lithuania.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday gave its initial backing to a constitutional amendment that will allow Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, to run for parliament and president.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday opened its autumn session and President Dalia Grybauskaitė called on lawmakers to stick to fiscal discipline and look for measures to reduce social inequality.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Board of the Seimas on Wednesday. The meeting was held prior to the start of the autumn session of the Seimas, which commences on Thursday. The meeting addressed most important tasks in the areas of economy, defence and social security.
The Seimas of Lithuania must decide on the number of refugees Lithuania could accept, its Speaker Loreta Graužinienė believes.
The Israeli Knesset's Director General Ronen Plot will pay a visit to the Seimas of Lithuania this week.
