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The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) propose Julius Sabatauskas for vice-speaker of the Seimas after Gintautas Paluckas, the opposition party's chairman, chose not to stand as a candidate for the position.

The Seimas opposition parties – Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), Liberal Movement (LRLS) and Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) – have agreed on an opposition leader.

A number of opposition Seimas groups with presidential candidate Ingrida Šimonytė at their head at demanding Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius to come provide an explanation on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ “cunning plan” linked to Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.

With the Ministry of Environment remaining without a head for more than three months now, the opposition Social Democratic Seimas group is proposing to legally bind the prime minister to find a minister in 15 days. This has also received support from the Conservatives, however PM Saulius Skvernelis ...

In the last 2 years, the number of Lithuanian MPs who declare with which interest groups or lobbyists they meet has doubled. Last year, parliamentarians also announced 1,5 times more meetings than in 2017. These figures are reported in research conducted by Transparency International Lithuania, whic...

The Ministry of Economy and Innovations has registered a legislative package, which specifies that the state could take land belonging to individuals if a large investor needs it. Seimas jurists note that this could clash with the Constitution.

Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political parties emerge, draw voters for a few years and then vanish. The Way of Courage, the National Revival Party, A. Paulauskas’ New Union, the Modern Christian Democrat Union, the Lithu...

Lithuanian children adopted by foreigners will be able to keep their Lithuanian citizenship after the country's parliament adopted necessary amendments.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has expressed support to the 2018 budget draft, regardless of a decision to pull out of the ruling coalition.

Lithuania never received a Turkish request for legal assistance on user of ByLock app and did not provide any data, says Julius Sabatauskas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Legal Affairs.

The Lithuanian parliament's Committee for Legal Affairs is working to establish whether Lithuania could have provided Turkey with information about uses of ByLock chat app. Ankara maintains the app had been developed specifically for mobilization of coup supporters, and having it on a mobile was a s...

Gintautas Paluckas, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, will try to persuade the party's rebellious members to reconsider their position and obey the party's decision to avoid expulsion from the organization over signing an agreement with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Un...

Lithuanian parliamentarians intend to turn to the Constitutional Court for yet another interpretation of the possibility to expand the institute of dual citizenship.

Lithuanian MPs Julius Sabatauskas and Andrius Palionis on Friday announced plans of running for leadership of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) proposes Milda Vainiutė, a law professor at the Mykolas Romeris University, for the post of justice minister in the new coalition government, outgoing Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday.