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Lithuania’s national sanctions on Russia, Belarus ‘won’t work’: Member of Parliament

April 16, 2025

If the European Union refuses to extend sanctions against Russia and Belarus, national sanctions on the part of Lithuania or any other country, would be ineffective, the leader of the [..]

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Lithuanian parliament opens new session with defence funding as key priority

March 11, 2025

The Lithuanian Seimas opened its regular spring session on Monday with a focus on proposed tax changes to boost funding for national defence. Lithuania’s State Defence Council declared in January [..]

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Lithuanian Parliament approves prime ministerial nominee

November 22, 2024

The Lithuanian Seimas voted on Thursday to approve Social Democrat Gintautas Paluckas as the country’s next prime minister. 88 MPs voted in favour, 34 were against the proposal, and six [..]

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Lithuania assembling new governing coalition

November 11, 2024

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party is set to have nine ministers in Lithuania’s new government, with Dawn of Nemunas getting three and the Democratic Party “For Lithuania” nabbing two. “For [..]

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Lithuanian parliament approves Kubilius for European commissioner

September 4, 2024

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved MEP Andrius Kubilius’ nomination for the post of the country’s European commissioner. The motion was passed with 70 votes in favor, 24 against, and [..]

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Lithuanian parlt ups taxes on gambling operators

June 26, 2024

The Seimas of Lithuania increased taxes on gambling operators by 2 percentage points after 72 lawmaker on Tuesday voted in favor of the amendments to the Law on Lottery and [..]

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Lithuanian parliament adopted the 2024 state budget – planned revenue 16.98 billion and expenditure 20.6 billion

December 6, 2023

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted the 2024 state budget after more than three hours of deliberations as 73 MPs voted in favor, 52 voted against it and one lawmaker [..]

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Thousands protest outside Lithuanian parliament against new property tax model

October 26, 2023

Around 2,500 people gathered in front of the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday to protest against the new proposed real estate tax model under consideration by lawmakers. Protesters held placards reading [..]

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Twenty ex-Soviet communists serve in Lithuanian parlt, 2 declared this before elections

September 26, 2023

Twenty former members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) are currently serving in the Lithuanian parliament and two of them declared this past affiliation in their candidate [..]