Seimas of Lithuania

The Baltic states should not have any illusions about their NATO membership protecting them from Russia's aggression, says Yevhen Dykyi, a company commander of the Aidar Volunteer Battalion, adding that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can become Russia's next target, if it defeats Ukraine.

The Lithuanian parliament has ratified the intergovernmental agreement between Lithuania and Georgia on cooperation in fighting crime which was signed on 26 September 2013 in Vilnius.

The Seimas of Lithuania has closed its fifth ordinary autumn session with 45 plenary sittings held from 10 September to 23 December and around 360 laws, 65 resolutions and 5 other legal acts adopted, the press service of the Seimas said.

The Lithuanian Parliament was proposed to establish a temporary inquiry commission and to investigate and assess charges against Lithuania for its purported participation in the secret CIA prison programme. Meanwhile Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office said on Monday it had sent a legal assistan...

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that parliament will not consider amendments to the Criminal Code during the parliament's current session. The Order and Justice party has proposed reducing liability for trading in influence.

Lithuania's Prosecutor General Darius Valys on Tuesday asked parliament to strip MP Rimas Antanas Ručys (Order and Justice party) of his legal immunity to face prosecution for allegedly taking a bribe.

The Board of the Seimas of Lithuania has canceled a trip of three lawmakers to Taiwan to avoid angering China. The move follows Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius' recent meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Serbia.

The Lithuanian parliament has ratified the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The agreement was signed by the euro area countries in Brussels in 2012 and amended in 2014.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, introducing fines for failure to obey a soldier's orders.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday gave its initial backing to President Dalia Grybauskaitė's proposed amendments on fighting hostile propaganda.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted a package of legal amendments drafted by the Ministry of National Defence on the use of military force in peacetime, providing for a more specific regulation of the use of weapons, explosives and military equipment.

Lithuania is founding the National Centre of Cyber Security to lead the country's effort to safeguard its information resources and infrastructure.

Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO's Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday.

The Lithuanian parliament passed the state's budget for 2015 for the second time on Thursday, with 79 votes in favour, 14 votes against and 34 abstentions.

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted the 2015 budget for the state social insurance fund, Sodra, that provides for bringing sickness and unemployment benefits back to the pre-crisis level from January and raising pensions from July.

On Thursday, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) will repeat its vote on the 2015 budget bill, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Tuesday.

Lithuania's parliament will this week hold a training for employees of the Ukrainian parliament – civil servants and MP assistants.

The Lithuanian parliament Thursday passed the law on national budget for 2015, the first year of the country's eurozone membership, by a vote of 79 to 33, with 23 abstentions.

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that cooperation between the Seimas of Lithuania and the state Duma of Russia is almost non-existent.

Five Lithuanian parliamentarians will go to Chisinau this weekend to observe elections to the Moldovan parliament, the Seimas office said.