Penal Code

The debate that broke out in Spain on punishment for animal abuse and sexual exploitation has reached Lithuania. Portals of dubious reputation falsely claim that the European Union prepares for decriminalising bestiality.

Lithuania's Constitutional Case on Thursday accepted the first individual constitutional complaint after a person sentenced to prison used the possibility, created in September, to directly turn to the court.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to an amendment to the country's Penal Code, detailing the president's right to pardon persons convicted for spying.

The municipal election marathon that launched on Wednesday has brought with it a slew of breaches, which will be investigated by not only the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), but also police officers, lrt.lt writes.

Two men are suspected over an attack against an Ecuadorian in Vilnius earlier this month. The two Vilnius residents, 18 and 26, are known to the police.

Lithuania's Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted two women in a home birth case, in a ruling that is final and binding.

Vilnius prosecutors will look into the public reports about possible sexual harassment after instructions from Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis to scrutinize all legal circumstances of the events.

Lithuania's parliament on Thursday intends to approve the president's bill of raising fines for crimes, linking corruption fines with the size of the damage or the bribe, as well as the benefit gained by the offender.

The death of a 4-year-old boy in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, after severe beating at home has caused Lithuanian politicians and public to again shift their attention to the situation of child's rights.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday submitted proposed amendments to the Penal Code, suggesting tighter punishments for large-scale tax evasion.

Lithuania's parliament has taken the presidential veto into account, deciding to discard the latest amendments of the Civil Code.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that he will propose that the party's political group at the parliament should support the president's veto of amendments to the Civil Code on insulting public figures.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday she would veto amendments to the Civil Code on insult of public figures. In her words, the law adopted by the Seimas facilitates persecution for criticizing the administration.

The adopted amendments to the Lithuanian Civil Code constitute a threat to free speech, says civil law expert Valentinas Mikelėnas, professor at the Vilnius University.