Order and Justice

Formal suspicions of trading in influence were brought on Monday against Rolandas Paksas, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

After the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union promised to the opposition conservatives to bring back the value-added tax (VAT) discount, the parliament on Tuesday approved the restructuring scheme of the country's forestry sector that has triggered heated debates in the society.

Partners were deleted from the definition of family members at the Lithuanian parliament following this week's discussions to shift the European Union's (EU) directive to ban discrimination on grounds of citizenship.

Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis in early May provided the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs with information about an investigation in which the parliament is asked to lift the legal immunity of MEP Rolandas Paksas, a former Lithuanian president who was impeached in 2004...

The Group of Women at the Seimas has asked the Lithuanian parliament's Ethics and Procedures Commission to look into the possibility of launching impeachment proceedings against Kęstutis Pūkas, an Order and Justice lawmaker, over sexual harassment allegations.

Lithuania's Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis plans to attend a meeting of the European Parliament's (EP) Committee on Legal Affairs to explain the reasons behind the request to lift the legal immunity of the Order and Justice party's former leader Rolandas Paksas in a corruption case.

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that triumphed in last October's parliamentary elections, continues to gain in popularity, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website on Monday.

Without changing the Constitution, Lithuania cannot execute the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on violated rights of impeached President Rolandas Paksas, Justice Minister Milda Vainiutė says.

The conclusions of Lithuania's earlier parliament "on restoration of civil and political rights of President Rolandas Paksas" run counter to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.

The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytauta...

Lithuania's new Seimas will have six political groups and a mixed group of parliamentarians who have not joined any of the six groups.