Lithuanian citizenship

President Gitanas Nausėda by way of exception granted Lithuanian citizenship to American figure skater Allison Reed. The head of state signed the decree in question on Thursday, 21 November.

Kęstutis Kvietkus, who has been found to be serving in Russia’s military, has been stripped of his Lithuanian citizenship, the Ministry of the Interior said Tuesday.

A foreign national has allegedly forged documents when applying for restoration of Lithuanian citizenship, police said.

Six people have lost their Lithuanian citizenship after they were revealed to have acquired Russian citizenship and concealed that, the Migration Department said Wednesday.

This year, in addition to many other important events, Lithuania is to hold a referendum on the retention of Lithuanian citizenship. Taking into account the importance of the issue to be decided by the referendum, it is self-evident that voter turnout is essential. What should we know about the upco...

President Gitanas Nausėda calls to examine if Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s children might have helped the Kremlin to evade EU sanctions as investigative journalism centre Siena found out that two of Abramovich’s children have Lithuanian citizenship.

The Migration Department has been instructed to start the procedure for revoking Lithuanian citizenship of a Russian ballet dancer following her statements supporting Moscow's actions in Ukraine.

Figure skater Margarita Drobiazko has appealed against President Gitanas Nausėda’s decision to take away her Lithuanian citizenship she was granted thirty years ago by exception.

More than half – 51 percent – of Lithuanian residents oppose the president’s decision to strip Margarita Drobiazko of her Lithuanian citizenship, a poll commissioned by the LRT national broadcaster shows.

The Citizenship Commission met on Thursday and issued a recommendation to the president to strip Russian-born figure skater Margarita Drobiazko of Lithuanian citizenship for supporting the Kremlin.

Margarita Drobiazko has spoken out against proposals to strip her of Lithuanian citizenship, calling them a “witch hunt” and claiming she is not taking part in Russia’s propaganda activities.

President Gitanas Nausėda says Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė should submit her findings before he may decide whether Lithuania’s figure skater Margarita Drobiazko should be stripped of citizenship.

BNS – The Commission of the Seimas and the Lithuanian World Community on Friday will start preparations for a new referendum on preservation of Lithuanian citizenship.

Lithuania's presidential office has received the lacking documents of Lithuanian-born NBA basketball player Ignas Brazdeikis, therefore, a decision on granting him Lithuanian citizenship might be made as early as this year.