Lithuania has recently commemorated 25 years of freedom. A member of multiple international organisations and by all accounts a success, the country still suffers from emigration.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin may have just done favour for Lithuania with his sardonic remark on “fewer Lithuanians” during his recent visit to Kaliningrad – even parties that had bristled against the idea of a referendum on allowing dual citizenship, might be embracing it amid the sabre-rattling from th...
Dalia Henke, the new leader of the Lithuanian World Community (PLB), says that expatriate Lithuanians agree to the planned referendum on dual citizenship only on three conditions.
Dalia Henke from Germany, who has been elected the new board chairman of the Lithuanian World Community, believes Lithuania should not rush to hold a referendum on dual citizenship, pointing to a lack of agreement on the issue among political parties.
A sociological poll has revealed that many people approve of legalising dual citizenship and would vote in favour of the proposal in a referendum. According to political scientist Algis Krupavičius, a referendum on dual citizenship might be successful if the matter was presented as the interest of t...
Last week, the Commission of the Seimas and the Lithuanian World Community held sittings and adopted a resolution urging the Seimas, parliament, not to approve a referendum on dual citizenship.
Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has said she supports the initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship.
Legalization of dual citizenship by way of referendum would allow Lithuanians living in the US to preserve their connections with Lithuania, and the fears of Russia may be dispelled by specifying countries subject to dual citizenship, says Lithuanian lawyer Marius Griskonis residing in New York.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to a proposal to call a binding referendum on dual citizenship which would be held on the same day as the general elections next October.
Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament's initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as "politicizing", saying the odds are low for the referendum to be successful under the current requirements.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship alongside the forthcoming general elections, but cautions that the amendments should prevent abuse cases.
The Liberal Movement political group of the Lithuanian Seimas proposed holding a binding referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections next October.
Lithuanian parliament's opposition leader Andrius Kubilius of the conservatives is sceptical about the proposed referendum on dual citizenship, saying the Law on Citizenship should suffice to expand the possibility for Lithuanians to keep several citizenships.
