Central Electoral Commission

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission (VRK) does not check candidates' personal information forms whether they have correctly provided information on their link with the KGB, MP Zbignev Jedinski, representing the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, cla...

Lithuanian political parties have a unique opportunity to rise to a new life after recent political corruption scandals and they need volunteers, just like the Armed Forces do, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian National Security Commission, headed by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, proposed on Monday to ban natural and legal persons from third countries from advising Lithuanian politicians and political parties during election campaigns.

Signatures are being collected for a European citizens' initiative calling for better ensuring the rights of national minorities in EU member states.

World Lithuanians would like to have access to more voting places abroad and wish to vote not only at embassies and consulates but also at honorary consulates.

Two disabled people in Lithuania have been awarded 1,000 euros in compensation each for failure to ensure disabled people's rights during the general election in October, 2016.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) is considering turning to Latvia for consultations on controlling political ads on social media, as presidential, municipal and European Parliament elections approach.

Lithuanian prosecutors on Wednesday temporarily restricted the Order and Justice Party's rights to 223,000 euros in state budget allocations, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday distributed a state grant of 2.751 million euros for the first half of 2018 among the country's political parties.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) paid incumbent Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and other members of the team nearly 65,000 euros during the 2016 parliamentary election campaign.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has suggested to consider discarding the scheme where part of the Central Electoral Commission would be proposed by political parties.

Laura Matjošaitytė, chairwoman of Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission, is staying in the post after surviving an opposition-initiated no-confidence vote at the parliament on Tuesday.