referendum

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...

The 12th of May is almost here. Together with the first round of the presidential election, Lithuanians will also vote in a referendum on the retention of Lithuanian citizenship. It is an important ant significant opportunity for Lithuania. Are Lithuanians really ready for the referendum, do they re...

As a referendum on dual citizenship failed on 12 May, Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė has called on authorities to suspend revoking passports of Lithuanians who have become citizens of other countries. Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė has in turn assured the media that solutions were...

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.

Alongside with the presidential vote, Lithuanians on Sunday cast ballots in a binding referendum on dual citizenship. The referendum was deemed valid, with more than 50 percent of the eligible voters having had their say, but it failed to attract required votes.

NGO White Gloves (Baltosios pirštinės) says the period of election campaigning for this year’s presidential election is particularly calm due to the rather sluggish political campaign itself.

Italai sekmadienį ir pirmadienį plūdo balsuoti regioniniuose rinkimuose ir referendume dėl įstatymų leidėjų skaičiaus sumažinimo trečdaliu, nepaisydami koronaviruso pandemijos ir griežtų higienos reikalavimų balsavimo vietose.

After the Sunday referendum on expanding dual citizenship failed to receive sufficient support, Dalia Henke, chair of the Lithuanian World Community, says the question for a possible new referendum should be put in a simpler way.

Friday is the last day when voters in Lithuania can vote early in the presidential election and two referendums on reducing the number of lawmakers and expanding dual citizenship.

Just over 90,700 people, or 3.74 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots over the first three days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and two referendums, according to the latest figures released by the Central Electoral Commission on Thursday.

Some 44,700 people, or 1.85 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots over the first two days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and two referendums on Monday and Tuesday.

Some 16,900 people, or 0.7 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and referendums on dual citizenship and the number of parliament members on Monday.

Lithuania's outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday refused to participate in the referendum on reducing the number of parliament members.

Early voting for Lithuania's presidential election and referendums on expanding dual citizenship and on reducing the number of seats in the Seimas got underway on Monday.

Aušrinė Armonaitė, Member of the Seimas, claims that the initiative of the Government to reduce the number of Members of the Seimas to 121 is a cheap trick in the presidential election campaign of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union that shakes the very foundations of parliamentarianism and migh...

The Lithuanian parliament decided on Feb 14 to hold a referendum to cut size of the country's parliament from 141 to 121.

The student leaders of 1968 could probably not have imagined how their democratic ideas would be high-jacked by a combination of extremists and opponents of democracy exploiting technological progress and social media. Nobody understands the dangers of technology and social media better than dictato...

Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament's initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as "politicizing", saying the odds are low for the referendum to be successful under the current requirements.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship alongside the forthcoming general elections, but cautions that the amendments should prevent abuse cases.