Constitution

Members of Parliament are not entitled to severance pay anymore if found by the Constitutional Court to have seriously violated the Constitution and to have broken their oaths of office.

MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis broke his oath with antisemitic statements and seriously violated the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled Thursday.

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen said Monday MPs are not enthusiastic about changing the Constitution to abandon parliamentary funds, but political groups agreed to discuss that in their internal talks.

On Friday, 12 January, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) registered incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda as an independent participant of the political campaign for the 2024 presidential election.

The Lithuanian Youth Council wants that in municipal elections the voting age be lowered to 16 years. The Seimas’ liberals think that such age requirement could also apply to the European Parliament (EP) elections. DELFI has organised a discussion on this matter.

The Parliament on Thursday voted to support a recommendation for impeachment of MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis accused of antisemitism.

Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė does not think that President Gitanas Nausėda will support a draft law on civil union that will be considered by parliament in autumn. The politician made such assumptions after the president’s statements following a meeting with the Board of the Seimas on Tu...

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has congratulated neighbouring Poland on the occasion of 3 May, Day of the Constitution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, noting that the Constitution is a symbol of free people and the nation which will never lose its importance, the Office of the Government sai...

On Friday, the Seimas’ Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK) discussed the malicious activities of bots on social networks and outlined proposals to fight misinformation spread by fake automated accounts.

The next municipal and mayoral election is proposed to be held on 5 March 2023.

With the Seimas of Lithuania and the government discussing ways to compensate households for increased energy costs, President Gitanas Nauseda has called to decide on the size of budget deficit that would not pose risks to the state.

Itin retas originalus JAV Konstitucijos egzempliorius ketvirtadienį aukcione Niujorke buvo parduotas už 43 mln. JAV dolerių (37,9 mln. eurų) – didžiausią sumą, kada nors sumokėtą aukcione už istorinį dokumentą.

The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a program for marking the 230th anniversary of the Constitution of May 3, 1791 next near.

The Lithuanian government is in favor of lowering the minimum age for standing as a candidate in parliamentary elections to 21 years, from 25 currently.

The new wording of Lithuania's Law on Referendum was adopted in 2018 through a procedure that violated the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.

In the past couple of months, leading up to events transpiring in cities around the country these past few weeks, foundational issues and values of who we are as a country and as a people are being tested and debated, not only in legislative bodies and court rooms, but on social media and on the str...

The opposition Liberal Movement proposes to amend the Constitution to lower the minimum age for standing as a candidate in Lithuania's parliamentary election to 21 years.

JAV Džordžijos valstijoje netoli Atlantos miesto trečiadienio rytą lengvajam lėktuvui įsirėžus į gyvenamąjį namą žuvo du žmonės, pranešė pareigūnai.

12 May, Sunday, Lithuanians vote in the presidential election and two referenda on constitutional amendments to expand dual citizenship and cut the number of lawmakers from 141 to 121.

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