Constitutional Court

Lithuania's Constitutional Court of Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case on the rights of gay people married abroad.

Lithuania's government has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, and the interior minister, as a politician, has the right to express his opinion, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

As Lithuania's Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas mulled on Thursday a possibility that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages, Agnė Širinskienė, chair of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, says it's now impossible.

Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania is changing its rules and will issue residence permits to foreigners who entered into same-sex marriages with Lithuanian citizens abroad.

Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages.

A draft constitutional amendment to allow an individual access to the Lithuanian Constitutional Court passed the first vote in the Seimas on Thursday.

The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hold on Thursday a public hearing on a case regarding the rights of same-sex persons who married abroad.

Lithuania's parliament will consider a proposal by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union to lower the referendum threshold to amending part of constitutional chapters.

If the Seimas decides to lower the referendum threshold for two chapters of the Constitution that now have a higher level of protection, the Constitutional Court will be asked to give its opinion on the amendment, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian parliament overturned on Thursday President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto of amendments tightening the requirements for the construction of waste-to-energy plants, leaving in place the legislation it passed in September.

The Seimas violated its Statute when it adopted an amendment to the budget bill that allows the state to borrow money to provide funding to new political parties, the parliament's Commission for Ethics and Procedures said on Wednesday.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday decided that a referendum on dual citizenship will be held in May alongside a president election.

After the Lithuanian parliament passes a resolution to hold a dual citizenship referendum, the Constitutional Court will be asked to assess whether the planned plebiscite is in line with the main law.

The guerilla war that started in Lithuania at the end of the second World War Two was the state's legitimate self-defense against the Soviet aggression and Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, whose remains were buried in a state funeral on Saturday, was the commander-in-chief of the republic's armed forces...

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission on Thursday approved the results of the last weekend's election in Zanavykai constituency to fill a vacant parliamentary seat and officially declared Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, as the...

The Lithuanian parliament's ad hoc investigation commission scrutinizing the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) says the public broadcaster's council currently has too many functions and proposes to establish a board.

Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has won the Sunday's by-election in Lithuania's Zanavykai constituency, held to fill a vacant parliament seat, according to preliminary data from the country's Central Electoral Commission.