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It transpired on Thursday that there would be four non-attached MPs in parliament, those who have not joined any other political groups.

President Gitanas Nausėda has congratulated the newly elected MPs on their first sitting in the Parliament.

Opposition MP Agnė Širinskienė, member of the party the Nemunas Dawn, assumes that the current coalition may attempt to pass the civil union bill this autumn, before parliament’s composition changes after October’s election.

Members of parliament voted Thursday to extend the current session until 18 July. Usually, the spring session ends on 30 June as set out in law.

The Seimas has given final approval to amendments increasing fines for companies employing people illegally and tightening the regulation of employment of people from third countries.

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen believes new initiatives on dual citizenship should be put aside for some time. She has said that in response to recent suggestions by some politicians to lower the threshold for the referendum vote.

Parliamentary ethics watchdogs concluded Tuesday that an ad hoc commission, which probed the case of the State Security Department’s (VSD) whistleblower and collection of information during the 2019 presidential campaign, had violated several laws and procedures. President Gitanas Nausėda claims tha...

MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis broke his oath with antisemitic statements and seriously violated the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled Thursday.

Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen believes that the Seimas did the right thing by rejecting a proposal of the Committee on National Security and Defence to limit Belarusian citizens’ journeys to their home country.

Former prime minister Gediminas Kirkilas, who passed away suddenly on 20 April aged 72, was laid to rest in Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius on Wednesday.

On Tuesday in Vilnius, politicians gathered to pay respects to former MP Gediminas Kirkilas, who passed away unexpectedly on 20 April aged 72.

Defence manufacturers can now launch operations in Lithuania in as little as half a year after the Seimas has approved new legal amendments that simplify territorial planning, land procurement, and construction procedures, shortening the setup period from two years to six months, Invest Lithuania sa...

The Intelligence Ombudsman’s Office intends to look into how intelligence authorities collect and verify information related to the 2024 elections.

Frederikas Jansonas, chief adviser on communication to President Gitanas Nausėda, claims that the head of state did not provide answers to a parliamentary commission because doing so would have legitimised the politicised inquiry. A parliamentary commission had been set up to examine if the State Se...

MP Saulius Skvernelis believes that a 5 percentage point raise of the corporate income tax may be considered after Lithuanian companies showed their determination to contribute to defence funding. The leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania argues that higher taxation would create a sustainable ...

The parliamentary commission for inquiry into intelligence activities has officially presented its findings at the Seimas. However, the chairs of the Seimas groups decided on Thursday that the commission’s report will not be voted on until after Easter.

The Parliament on Thursday passed a draft law on abandoning 1 and 2 cent coins. The final sum of the basket of goods and services will be rounded once the legislation takes effect on 1 May 2025.

Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas, former minister of national defence, suggests that Conservative MP Arvydas Pocius, former chief of defence, would be appointed as chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence.

President Gitanas Nausėda has doubts about the findings of an ad hoc parliamentary commission that carried out an inquiry into the case of Tomas Gailius, an employee of the State Security Department (VSD) who raised alarm about the activities of the intelligence agency during the 2019 presidential e...

Gitanas Nausėda started meeting with some Belarusian fertiliser companies months before he was elected president, a parliamentary inquiry finds. The president later actively sought that Belarusian fertilisers would not be sanctioned, it said.