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On Thursday, the Seimas passed amendments to the referendum law, which increases the voting deadline to 10PM and expands the number of voting locations abroad with the aim of increasing voter turnout. Furthermore, the new law establishes an institution, which would perform campaigning when the Seima...
Liudas Mažylis, professor at Vytautas Magnus University, and Andrius Kubilius, a former prime minister and now lawmaker, top the list of European Parliament election candidates of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) after receiving the most preference votes from the conservati...
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.
The Lithuanian parliament's board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland.
Lithuanian MP Audronius Ažubalis, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, on Friday called for eliminating the Russian-capital Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing service in Lithuania after receiving a response from the country's State Security Department.
Two lawmakers of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats have proposed to declare the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) a criminal organization, saying that they seek historical justice.
Russian-owned ride-sharing service provider Yandex.Taxi says that it keeps to data protection rules and is ready for any checks by Lithuanian authorities.
Lithuania's National Cyber Security Center on Monday warned against using the Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing app.
The use of the state Lithuanian language should be increased at ethnic minority schools in the country, three members of the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) say.
Vilniaus Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says that he is on Russia's blacklist of Lithuanians barred from entering the country.
Lithuania's conservative MPs Audronius Ažubalis and Laurynas Kasčiūnas have proposed a separate law to require removal of all objects, if their name or content propagates communism or any other totalitarian regimes.
After Lithuania reaches 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for defense next year, the defense funding should no longer be increased, with money directed towards reduction of social exclusion, says Gintautas Paluckas, the leader of the Social Democratic Party.
