Seimas of Lithuania

On Thursday, the Seimas of Lithuania rejected amendments to the Law on Forestry, vetoed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and preserved the current system of state forest enterprises. Around 500 foresters staged a rally in front of the Seimas building against Grybauskaitė's veto.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the government's wish to have defence advisers working at the country's embassies abroad.

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, by a unanimous vote of 92 MPs who took part in the voting, adopted the Law on Control of Certain Doping Substances, governing the supervision and other activities related to certain doping substances, the press service of the Seimas said.

A group of US soldiers have underlined NATO's collective defence commitment during their Friday visit to the Seimas of Lithuania.

The Lithuanian parliament's Education and Science Committee on Wednesday gave a green light to the amendments initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė on countering hostile propaganda.

On Tuesday, the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, backed draft amendments to the Law on Alcohol Control, which suggest prohibiting alcohol use and possession by individuals under 20. If adopted, the law would come into effect on 1 November.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to a proposal to call a binding referendum on dual citizenship which would be held on the same day as the general elections next October.

On Tuesday, 21 April, chess player Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen gave an oath at the Lithuanian Seimas and joined the ranks of members of Parliament.

Lithuania's parliament passed a law on Thursday, regulating the operations of private investigators.

On Tuesday, new member of the Lithuanian Seimas, parliament, Audrius Nakas was sworn in.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Darius Jauniškis as the head of the State Security Department (VSD) for a five-year term.

Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party political group, MP Bronius Bradauskas, has voluntarily stepped down as chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance.

The Seimas of Lithuania has started deliberating upon amendments to the Law on Military Conscription and the Law on National Defence System Organisation and Military Service.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Jean-Paul Palomeros has signed the NATO-Lithuanian agreement on the legal status of NATO command and control centres in Lithuania.

A hundred Lithuanian MPs have drafted Constitutional amendments that should pave the way for Rolandas Paksas, a member of the ruling Order and Justice party who has been impeached as president in 2004 and banned from running for public office since then, to run for parliament and president again.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday voted in favour of restoring conscription in the country. The first stage of military draft is scheduled for August-September, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said.

A bill on the restoration of military conscription will be brought before the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Thursday. Both the ruling and the opposition political groups have pledged their support.

Lithuania's female chess grandmaster Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen will become a member of Lithuania's parliament to replace Liberal Remigijus Šimašius who was Sunday elected as Vilnius mayor.

Šarūnas Gustainis of the Liberal Movement won the MP mandate in Žirmūnai constituency in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, defeating Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė in a close race, show preliminary data provided by the Central Electoral Commission.

As the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, is set to discuss the proposed partial restoration of conscription, the country's President Dalia Grybauskaitė says it's the only way to strengthen the Lithuanian army in the existing geopolitical situation.