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Viktoras Pranckietis (born 26 July 1958) is a Lithuanian agronomist and politician. He is currently serving as the Speaker of the Seimas.
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) say that will table a new draft constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of the Seimas to 121, from the current 141 seats.
A sign marking a Vilnius street named after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been unveiled on Thursday.
The Baltic parliamentary speakers doubt that their countries could obtain compensation from Russia for damages incurred during the Soviet occupation.
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday called on the parliament to consider President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto and proposals on state subsidies for political parties.
Parliamentary speakers Eiki Nestor of Estonia and Inara Murniece of Latvia are to arrive in Vilnius on Thursday.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani is visiting Vilnius on Tuesday to discuss on his country's EU and NATO integration and the security situation with Lithuanian politicians.
The Lithuanian parliament is holding an extraordinary sitting on Tuesday after the opposition collected signatures for the Seimas to debate on the ruling bloc's actions.
The issue of Palestine's representation in the Baltic states was first raised more than three years ago, and those criticizing the proposal are carrying out a separate foreign policy, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says.
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), on Wednesday threaten to initiate impeachment proceedings against MP Povilas Urbšys and called on members of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) to resign.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, invited Palestinians to set up a representative office for the Baltic countries in Vilnius and called for closer security cooperation between Lithuania and Israel.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, regards the current parliament, which is halfway through its four-year term, as successful.
Hatred coming from Russia's current authorities toward Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas only proves his significance and merits for the nation's freedom, Lithuania's leaders said on Friday as they paid tribute to the partisan commander.
Remigijus Žemaitaitis of the Order and Justice Party and Jonas Liesys of the Liberal Movement were appointed on Friday as vice-speakers of the Lithuanian parliament.
Lithuania will elect municipal councils on March 3, 2019, its next president on May 12 and members of the European Parliament on May 26.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the Seimas' fall session will not be easy, but he expects the parliament to adopt, by Christmas holidays, a number of "decisions that people are waiting for".
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called on lawmakers to stop looking back and not to waste their time on squabbling as she congratulated the Seimas on the start of its new fall session.
Lithuania's parliamentary parties will sign a defense policy agreement next Monday, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Thursday.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, says that a draft law granting amnesty to some prisoners will be improved to bring it into line with the Constitution.