Seimas considering compensation for expensive meningitis vaccine
The Seimas Committee on Health Affairs will be meeting to consider adding children's meningitis vaccines to the list of compensated medicines in Lithuania and including in the calendar of preventative...
View ArticleLithuanian Seimas speaker to join NB8 meeting in Riga
Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė is leaving for Riga to take part in a meeting of Nordic and Baltic parliamentary speakers in the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) cooperation format. [...] The...
View ArticleLithuania may lose competitiveness if it abandons new labor code – IMF
Lithuania would not be able to remain competitive if it abandoned a new Labour Code that has been passed by the Seimas, but vetoed by the president, the International Monetary Fund said. [...] The post...
View ArticleReactions to decision to reject president veto on Labour Code
The Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday overturned the presidential veto of a new Labour Code that was adopted by the Seimas in June, thus paving the way for the legislation aimed liberalizing labor...
View ArticleA slap in Butkevičius face
Members of Seimas elected 4 deputies for Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis – two Peasant Greens, one Social Democrat and one Conservative. Algirdas Butkevičius was not among the elected. His...
View ArticleSeimas committees chairpersons and deputies have been elected
Almost all Seimas committees have elected their leadership – chairpersons and deputies. Now they only need to be confirmed by Seimas. [...] The post Seimas committees chairpersons and deputies have...
View Article“Peasants” to resolve demographic crisis through stricter abortion regulations?
The state and the Church are separate in Lithuania, but is the latter separate from Seimas? This parliament, it appears will present a number of laws based on Church doctrine. This will most likely...
View ArticleNew Govt of non-party ministers may face risks over instability
Lithuania's incoming government of Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis, whose line-up is dominated by ministers who are not members of any political party, may face risks due to instability,...
View ArticleOECD recommendations stop new Lithuanian lobbying law from being passed
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...
View ArticlePM Skvernelis could be faced with A. Butkevičius‘ fate
After the President’s annual address at the Seimas, politicians have responded with textbook statements. Everyone got to hear that the Farmer Greens have used up her credit of trust, other than them...
View ArticlePresident signs Labour Code amendments into law
President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed into law amendments to the country's new Labour Code. [...] The post President signs Labour Code amendments into law appeared first on the Lithuania Tribune.
View ArticleDetractors of important convention find shelter under A. Širinskienė‘s wing
Individuals opposing the Istanbul Convention which denounces violence against women have found shelter in Seimas under the wing of “Farmer” representative Agnė Širinskienė. The Institute of Free...
View ArticleConservatives propose to redo university reform
Members of Seimas Andrius Kubilius and Mantas Adomėnas propose to redo the plans for university reform. In their proposal “On State University Network Optimisation Plan Approval” they suggest to halt...
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