Family

Last week, the Lithuanian parliament rejected a bill that would have introduced civil partnership of opposite-sex couples. Conservative MP, who voted against the legislation, says it would have been a step towards legalizing same-sex partnership which, she insists, must be put to a referendum.

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, rejected the bill that would have introduced the institution of partnership of opposite sex couples. The Ministry of Justice, which drafted the law, says the proposed legislation merely acknowledges the existing forms of cohabitation, while the opponents insist tha...

Every fourth Lithuanian thinks that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey. This is well below the EU average, BNS reports.

В среду, 9 сентября 2015 года королева Англии Елизавета II поставила британский рекорд по пребыванию на троне. Предыдущей рекордсменкой была ее прапрабабка королева Виктория — она "восседала на троне" 63 года и 216 дней.

Vilnius authorities have pledged to work hard over the next five years in order to reduce the number of infants and children living in institutions. Only in the most exceptional cases, when foster parents cannot be found, will children be housed in an orphanage, Vilnius City Council reports.

The Lithuanian society is not ready for same-sex partnerships, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė believes.

The new practice of the European Court of Human Rights on regulation of same-sex relationships is significant for Lithuania, says a lawyer of the Vilnius-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute.

A non-EU citizen cannot stay in Ireland after his marriage to a Lithuanian citizen has ended, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled.

Eidama 93-iuosius metus, šeštadienį Jungtinėse Valstijose mirė amerikiečių aktorė Diana Douglas Webster, pirmoji žinomo aktoriaus Kirko Douglaso žmona ir dabartinės Holivudo žvaigždės Michaelio Douglaso motina.

The government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed the amendments, initiated by the Ministry of Justice, on legalizing heterosexual partnerships. The bill will now go to the parliament.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she opposes same-sex marriages, giving no clear answer about partnership.

Final adjustments to a bill on registered partnership, drafted by the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice, are being made with the Catholic Church, and the document would shortly be submitted to the government for deliberation, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says.

Lithuania's Ministry of Justice has drafted a bill that, if passed, would introduce the institution of partnership into the country's Civil Code. However, the bill spells out that the possibility to form partnerships would only apply to opposite-sex couples. According to Justice Minister Juozas Bern...

By treating opposite-sex and same-sex partnerships differently, Lithuania might violate the European Convention of Human Rights, Vilnius University Professor of Law Vytautas Mizaras says.

Nearly 60 percent of Lithuanians would object to a law banning abortions, shows a survey commissioned by DELFI.

Oro linijų bendrovės "Ryanair" grynasis pelnas per 12 mėnesių iki šių metų kovo padidėjo 66 proc., iki 867 mln. eurų, - šiek tiek daugiau, nei prognozavo analitikai. Apie tai praneša BBC.

Prieš kelerius metus Monika Liubinaitė, geriau žinoma sceniniu Monikos Liu vardu, išgarsėjo kartu su SEL, Mario Basanovu ir Silence Family kurtomis bendromis dainomis, o tuomet greitai dingo iš Lietuvos muzikos mylėtojų akiračio. Laimėjusi stipendiją JAV esančiame prestižiniame Berklee muzikos koled...

It has gained global attention that sex education in Denmark will now focus on fertility as well as avoiding unwanted pregnancies. The background for this change is that 25 percent of couples wishing to have a baby do not achieve pregnancy within the first year. Sex education is critical to ensuring...

Prastai perkamus „Renault Laguna“ ir „Latitude“ modelius gana greitai pakeis vienas naujas automobilis. Prancūzijos automobilių gamintojo atstovas Jerome’as Stollas leidiniui „Automotive News Europe“ teigė, kad naujasis modelis turės sedano ir universalo kėbulus, tuo tarpu kupė versijos bus atsisaky...

In 2013, Lithuanian women had their first child when being on average 26.7 year of age, similarly to Polish women, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said.