Lithuania will use Norway’s financial aid to create half-way homes for inmates, buy electronic tracking devices and buy flats in Panevėžys where female inmates could live with their children, writes …
BNS Human trafficking has lately been taking a new shape – people are not only sold into sex slavery, but an increase has been observed in the number of children taken abroad to shoplift and adult men sold into forced labour, says prosecutor Arunas Meška …
On 10 May, 2013, the elder of the ‘Order and Justice’ political fraction in the Seimas, MP Petras Gražulis, introduced a draft law on administrative liability for “denigration of constitutional values”, reported www.atviri.lt. It seeks to amend the Code of Administrative Violations by introducing administrative …
Lithuania will use Norway’s financial aid to create half-way homes for inmates, buy electronic tracking devices and buy flats in Panevėžys where female inmates could live with their children, writes …
BNS Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Konstantin Gryshchneko says former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is being treated pursuant to the law, and pledges that Kiev will ensure “the best medical treatment” for the politician who is having health problems. “She is in hospital now, and, …
On 9 May, 2013, Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) submitted a request to the President of the Supreme Court by asking to deal with the Baltic Pride case under accelerated procedure, www.atviri.lt has informed. The March for Equality is scheduled on 27 July, 2013; i.e. there …
BNS Stateless persons born in Lithuania will be able to get Lithuanian citizenship easier after the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the Law on Citizenship and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Initiated by the Ministry of the …
BNS During its upcoming presidency over the European Union (EU), Lithuania will not take active measures to launch sanctions against Russian officials supposedly linked with the death of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky in a Moscow prison, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said. “One of our tasks …
BNS Living in Lithuania since February, influential Georgian MP Givi Targamadze, accused by Russia of inciting unrest in the country, plans to return to his native country. He is able to do so after Interpol cancelled Russia’s request to arrest him and removed his search …
BNS The Seimas is about to get back to constitutional amendments on restrictions for impeached persons or persons who broke their oath on running for parliament. The Seimas Constitutional Commission is considering a 10-year ban as one of the options, the daily ‘Lietuvos Zinios’ writes …
BNS The press freedom situation in Lithuania has barely changed in a year, with the situation in Lithuania being better than in the majority of neighbouring countries. The country, however, still lags behind Estonia and Nordic countries, a new international survey has revealed. The results …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the article written by a BBC correspondent Lucy Ash about the history of Belarus’ political opposition and the present of the European Humanities University (EHU) which operates in exile in Vilnius. The country of Belarus, between Russia and Poland, has …
BNS A protest rally against the demands made by the ruling Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania to allow bilingual spelling of location names and non-Lithuanian letters in personal names in documents, as well as different examinations of the Lithuanian language examination for Lithuanian and …
The Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld raised questions to the European Commission and the Council on the ban of the Baltic Pride march in the city centre of Vilnius, writes www.atviri.lt. According to Vilnius authorities, the police would not be able to ensure public …
PM Algirdas Butkevičius says that with reference to the question of abortion, the priority should be given to education, not prohibition, writes www.delfi.lt. Lithuanian Prime Minister expressed his opinion on abortions, when asked to comment on the draft law proposed by the ruling coalition’s partners …
BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius stated he was in favour of the legalization of dual citizenship, but with clear criteria on who exactly could hold it. “I believe that the experts of legislation should have the final say. I see no major threats, and …
BNS Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius, the chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Conservatives), has noted threats in the proposed wording of the referendum on dual citizenship. BNS informs that he is sceptical about the possibility to simultaneously hold citizenship of Lithuania …
LGL has approached the European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE), the EU agency located in Vilnius, to request support in emphasizing the importance of the concept of gender in combating structural violence against women in particular and gender inequalities in general. As a member state …
BNS Representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania say their initiated bill on banning abortions is their most important project and reject claims it might lead to a rise in illegal activities and ‘abortion tourism’. “We hear the argument that after the law …
Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) today partially won their appeal against the decision of the Vilnius City Municipality not to allow the upcoming Baltic Pride march to be held on Gediminas Avenue, the main street of Vilnius, www.atviri.lt has informed. Vilnius Regional Administrative Court ruled that …
BNS A bill on the ban of any form of violence against children, including corporal punishment, is set to be put before the Seimas of Lithuanian on Tuesday. Ona Valiukeviciūtė, an MP representing the Order and Justice party and member of the Seimas Committee on …
