Seimas of Lithuania

Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, on Thursday passed a law making military conscription permanent. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The Lithuanian parliament has finished debating a Labour Code reform package and approved the draft document, ending an important stage in the process liberalizing the country's labour market.

Members of the Lithuanian parliament have rejected a bill outlawing gender-based harassment, as required by the European Union.

The Lithuanian parliament will hold three plenary sittings a week in May and June instead of the usual two in an effort to adopt all the legislation in the s-called new social model package by the end of the spring session.

The Lithuanian parliament's website went down again on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian parliament is resuming discussions of the so-called new social model, a package of reforms to the country's Labour Code and welfare system.

The Lithuanian parliament's website cannot be reached by foreign users due to a cyber attack, the Seimas office said on Monday morning.

The Lithuanian parliament moved on Thursday to launch an impeachment process against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, calling the general elections on October 9, her press office said on Thursday.

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, Friday struck down a controversial piece of legislation adopted a week ago to regulate milk prices.

Lithuania plans to double the number of soldiers it sends to the NATO Response Force as of next year.

The Lithuanian parliament voted on Friday to postpone the new Code of Administrative Offences coming into force to next year.

The Lithuanian parliament has rejected a bill that would have laid down the rules for online voting.

A bill on online voting is being presented to the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday. The piece of legislation, drafted by the Ministry of Justice, lays out the basics of online voting without actually introducing the measure yet.

A new law on euthanasia will not be discussed in the term of office of this parliament after once again Social Democrat Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė‘s bill was removed from the agenda of the session.

Politician and signatory to Lithuania's 1990 declaration of independence Vladimiras Beriozovas passed away on Wednesday, the Seimas said.

The Seimas of Lithuania assembled for an extraordinary session on Thursday, but it ended shortly after the agenda, proposed by the opposition, was voted down. The indignant opposition says it will turn to the Constitutional Court. In retaliation, the Seimas speaker has threatened with disciplinary a...

Members of the parliamentary Social Affairs and Labour Committee have divergent views on whether the new Social Model - an extensive package of Labour Code and welfare reforms - will make the labour market more flexible, as is the stated purpose of the package.