BNS A few bills intended to restrict LGBT rights currently under discussion at the Lithuanian parliament affect the country’s image on the international arena, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. “I think you will agree that Lithuania is not a homophobic country, and everyone trying to …
BNS Non-governmental organisation Amnesty International has published its annual report on the situation of human rights in the world and criticised Lithuania for a lack of a in-depth investigation into alleged CIA prisons in the country and the adoption of laws discriminating sexual minorities or …
On 21 May, 2013 the Lithuanian Parliament accepted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Violations by introducing administrative liability for “public denigration of constitutional moral values and of constitutional fundamentals of the family life, as well as organisation of public events contravening public morality,” www.atviri.lt …
BNS The parliament of Lithuania on Tuesday opened discussions into amendments, which authors say should bar LGBT from being foster or adopted parents. The bill was approved for discussion with 56 votes in support, four were against and 16 abstained. MP Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė of …
The Lithuania Tribune presents and opinion article by Lina Žigelytė about the feminist movement in Lithuania and its struggle with the New-Nazi tendencies. Protesters against ultranationalist groups must face police and prosecutors A spectre is haunting Lithuania — the spectre of feminism. All the powers …
On 18 May, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius condemned the anti-Semitic act carried out in Panevėžys during which a swastika was painted on the doors of Panevėžys Youth school and the building of Jewish community of Panevėžys. “I strongly condemn any acts carried out …
BNS Nearly two thirds of Lithuania’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) individuals say they feel discriminated for their sexual preferences, shows a survey published by the European Union’s (EU) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) on Friday. According to the poll, Lithuania’s indicator is the highest …
On 17 May, 2013, the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) will officially launch Baltic Pride 2013 promotional videos, www.atviri.lt reported. The main purpose of these videos is not only to invite everyone to the Baltic Pride 2013 events this July, but also to speak about broader …
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 …
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 The Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community call on against allowing the use of non-Lithuanian letters in documents and also call for the unification of the Lithuanian language exam for Lithuanian and ethnic minority school graduates. …
Marius Vaitkevičius a Gabija Gymnasium student from Mažeikiai, Lithuania, is a grand prize winner for a video he produced for the “World of 7 Billion” student video contest, Amy Phillips Bursch from Population Connection has informed the Lithuania Tribune. Marius’s video – which showed the …
BNS Liberal members of the European Parliament said the Lithuanian government assured them that the gay pride parade will be protected, but, nevertheless, pledge to closely monitor on the situation. Hans van Baalen, a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), …
MP Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė maintained that if Norwegian child protection representatives came to Lithuania they would take away all Lithuanian children living in the asocial families, writes www.delfi.lt. According to her, Scandinavians would not tolerate the conditions in which under-age children from the social risk group …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the article about drug couriers from the Baltic States arrested in Peru, published by the Baltic Centre for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica. According to Re:Baltica, in one year, about 230 people from the Baltic States were arrested in foreign countries for drug …
Lithuanians and Poles should cooperate and seek compromise – this is the opinion shared by 70 per cent of Lithuanians and 68 per cent of Poles, according to a survey created by the Polish Public Affairs Institute along with Professor Bronisław Geremek’s fund, writes www.delfi.lt. …
BNS Authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet countries help each other survive by providing political support to each other, Olga Zakharova of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus said in Vilnius. “They help each other, therefore, are able to survive …
A group of MPs in the Lithuanian Parliament seeks to pre-empt the possibility for same-sex adoption or foster care by law. According to www.atviri.lt, 18 MPs have registered an Amendment to the Law on the Fundamentals of Protection of the Rights of the Child, which …
BNS Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday condemned anti-Semitic inscriptions near two historic locations sensitive for Jewish people by calling them an act of vandalism. “I strictly condemn the act of vandalism committed at the time when we are commemorating the victims …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an article by Anna Shepherd of the Lithuanian Gay League in which she analyses the demeaning attitudes promoted by some Lithuanian music festivals in relation to homosexuals. Mėnuo Juodaragis (meaning Black Horned Moon) is an independent post-folk festival held on a …
