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Gambling operators should be obliged to allocate at least half of their advertising budgets to social and preventive advertising, an MP has said.

President Gitanas Nausėda welcomes the proposal of a group of MPs to ban the import of agricultural goods and feed originating in Russia or Belarus.

A group of MPs from various political groups proposes suspending imports to Lithuania of agricultural products and feed whose country of origin is Russia or Belarus.

MP Justas Džiugelis has suspended his membership at the ruling Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic (TS-LKD) party and left the party’s group at the Seimas amid reports of his ties to a gambling lobbyist.

The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...

As the Hungarian parliament on Monday ratified Sweden’s NATO bid, Lithuanian leaders welcomed the move.

The Parliament is hosting the 9th Vilnius Security Forum on Friday with a focus on NATO’s general deterrence strategy and its challenges.

Public activist and TV host Andrius Tapinas continues his transparency campaign concerning politicians’ expense allowances. After examining spending on expenses by municipal councillors last year, he has moved to checking how members of parliament spend their expense allowances.

On Wednesday, at an extraordinary sitting, the Seimas granted the prosecutor general’s request and lifted MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ immunity from prosecution amid an investigation into antisemitic posts online.

MP Marius Matijošaitis of the Freedom Party has suspended his party membership and left the list of candidates for the European Parliament amid reports he used public money to buy computer and audio equipment.

MP Mindaugas Lingė has drafted a bill aimed at prohibiting gambling advertisements. He argues that discussions on the matter have lasted for a long time and the bill should not be linked to the high-profile story involving BaltCap equity fund, whose former partner is suspected to have embezzled and ...

Coalition lawmakers may call an extraordinary session of the Seimas in February. Parliament is in recess from 24 December 2023 until 10 March 2024.

Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen supports the idea that Lithuania could borrow money from residents in order to boost defence spending.

The organiser of the farmers’ protest says Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen has pledged an urgent procedure to address part of farmers’ demands in the parliamentary spring session.

MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis has announced he will run for president despite facing allegations of antisemitism.

Labour Party’s leader Andrius Mazuronis believes that moving production of Ukrainian drones to Lithuania is a national security interest. According to him, this would create infrastructure for the production of modern drones in Lithuania and ensure that Russia would not be able to destroy the factor...

On Tuesday, 16 January, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė addressed the Seimas requesting it to lift MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis’ immunity from prosecution in an ongoing pre-trial investigation.

Lithuania’s foreign minister hopes that MPs will draw conclusions from neighbouring Latvia recognising same-sex partnership. Now Lithuania is the only Baltic country that still has not adopted the law on same-sex partnership, unlike Estonia and Latvia.

Next presidential elections will be held in Lithuania on 12 May 2024. Parliament passed the decree in question on Thursday with 119 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 1 abstention.

On Tuesday, the Seimas rejected the Government’s proposal to eliminate a ban for minors to learn about LGBTQ+ relationships. Yet Conservative MP Paulius Saudargas vows that these topics are not censored in Lithuania.