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Over twenty organisations raising funds for Ukraine have voiced their support for MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, current chair of the Seimas security committee, as next defence minister. The move comes after a number of mostly human rights NGOs sent a letter to the president asking not to approve the nomina...

More than twenty non-governmental organisations have asked President Gitanas Nausėda not to appoint MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas as minister of national defence. The politician’s values are in conflict with human rights, they say.

The Lithuanian Human Rights Centre has urged President Gitanas Nausėda and other presidential candidates to advocate for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Lithuania.

As children, we have all heard the saying that the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. This should be a truly motivating idea, encouraging us to work hard and strive for more, hoping that sometime in the future our efforts will be rewarded with great professional success. However,...

On Wednesday, eight umbrella organisations uniting more than 1,000 Lithuanian NGOs and trade unions addressed governmental bodies urging politicians not to delay the tax reform and to implement wider systemic changes. The written address calls for adequate funding of public services that would help ...

The Seimas have approved a bill banning fur farming in Lithuania. The bill, which was passed by a majority of votes, was also supported by the country’s president, Gitanas Nausėda. Fur farm owners will receive compensation but, according to the MPs who opposed the decision, the proposed amounts are ...

Three candidates have been formally registered for the election of the public broadcaster’s director general, the LRT Council said on Tuesday.

The Seimas on Thursday passed the bill on banning fur farms into law. In the final vote, 68 MPs supported the bill, 25 were against it and 15 abstained.

A petition opposing plans to lay down a car tax in Estonia has collected over 50,000 signatures in the public participation Rahvaalgatus portal by Wednesday, reports public broadcaster ERR.

The State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) says that 484 thousand Lithuanian residents donated a total of EUR 26.8 million as part of their personal income tax (GPM) in 2022.

A civic campaign ‘Milijonas vaistinėlių Ukrainai’ was launched across Lithuania on Monday with an aim to collect one million car first aid kits for Ukraine.

On Thursday, an association of women’s rights activists held a brief street campaign calling on MPs to ratify the Istanbul Convention and introducing people to the actual content of the document.

Three Lithuanian medics are leaving for Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, where they will be assessing people’s health, helping with diagnoses and overall health and social issues.

More than 10,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are being held by Russia, head of the non-governmental organisation Military Liberation, Natalia Epifanova, said in a press conference at the Lithuanian Parliament on 18 April. She noted that the number of POW exchanges decreased significantly recen...

While “Baltic Pride” festival is taking place in Lithuania this week, ILGA-Europe, an NGO monitoring the rights of LGBTI, announced “Rainbow Map” where European countries are compared by LGBTI rights in each country.

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday postponed the adoption of a new law on lobbying activities after the Foreign Ministry said that the version of the legislation proposed by the Seimas Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities was not in line with the Organization for Economic Coope...

Each year, about half a million Lithuanians give up to 2% of their income tax to non-profits, which amounts to millions of euros. While tax authorities can track who gets the money, they hardly ever scrutinize if it is used for its intended purpose. Occasional inspections reveal, however, that somet...

Lithuanian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are seeking a larger share of EU structural assistance.