Seimas honoured the memory of the victims of the first mass deportations and massacres

Press release, 16 June 2020 At the Seimas sitting, a commemoration was held to mark the Day of Mourning and Hope as well as the Day of Occupation and Genocide and to commemorate the tragic losses and the resistance effort. Immediately after the commemoration, the Seimas adopted a Resolution on the Soviet Occupation of the … Skaityti toliau

In the light of the centenary of the Constituent Seimas and of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas undertook to foster the traditions of the Lithuanian parliamentarianism

Press release, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the centenary of the Constituent Seimas and of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas adopted a Resolution on the Centenary of the Constituent Seimas (draft No XIII-4798), thereby undertaking to preserve and cherish the traditions of the Lithuanian parliamentarianism and their historical memory, with a strong emphasis on … Skaityti toliau

CGTN: Latest Data Shows Over 36,000 Patients Had Recovered in Wuhan

BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In central China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, new COVID-19 cases have dropped to a single digit, with just four reported Friday, according to a video by CGTN. See full video:https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-03-14/Fight-to-Reunite-How-Wuhan-tackled-COVID-19-ORhUCzRIGs/index.html The latest data shows that over 36,000 patients had recovered in Wuhan, accounting for over 70 percent of its total cases. … Skaityti toliau

Speaker of the Seimas: ‘Rewriting of WWII history is unacceptable’

Press release, 28 January 2020 On 28 January 2020, in the framework of his official visit to the Republic of Poland, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Tomasz Grodzki, Marshal of the Polish Senate, and Elżbieta Witek, Marshal of the Polish Sejm. The meetings focussed on the continuity of the Lithuanian-Polish inter-parliamentary cooperation. … Skaityti toliau

Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt. Before and after: 1989 began before 1989 and has not yet come to an end

Thirty years since the end of the iron curtain and the beginning of European unification, three aspects ought to be kept in mind. The context. 1989 began long before 1989. Social pluralism had been growing in both East and West Europe over decades. In the 1980s, the battle cry for freedom had led to the … Skaityti toliau

Speaker of the Seimas: the Holocaust stains are a weight on the conscience of our history

Press release, 24 September 2019 On the Day of Remembrance for Jewish Victims of Genocide in Lithuania, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, attended the events to commemorate the victims of the genocide in Rūdininkų Square, territory of the former ghetto, took part in the March of the Living the Memory Road, and paid tribute … Skaityti toliau

Commemoration of the victims of the first mass deportations and killings

Press release, 17 June 2019 On Friday, 14 June 2019, the Seimas Hall of the Act of 11 March hosted a commemoration of the Days of Morning and Hope, and Occupation and Genocide. In his address, Mr Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, invited the audience to commemorate the victims of the repressive measures used in … Skaityti toliau

Seimas solemnly celebrated the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence

Press release, 13 March 2019 The Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence was solemnly celebrated at the Seimas on 11 March 2019. In his address at the solemn sitting on this occasion, Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, expressed his satisfaction that the celebration represented a testimony to meaningful change. ‘Lithuania means people here and elsewhere. … Skaityti toliau

Announcement of the Seimas Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group: In the context of the 10th anniversary of the Russia–Georgia war Linas Linkevičius is called on to act on sanctions against Russia

Press release, 7 August 2018 Žygimantas Pavilionis, Audronius Ažubalis and Laurynas Kasčiūnas, members of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group of the Seimas, addressed Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the assessment of the commitments made by Russia in 2008.  At the time of the war between Russia and Georgia, which … Skaityti toliau

Seimas paid tribute to the memory of the Polish President Lech Kaczyński and other Polish citizens who died in an air crash eight years ago

Press release, 10 April 2018    By observing a minute of silence at its sitting, the Seimas paid tribute to the memory of the Polish President Lech Kaczyński and other Polish citizens who died in an air crash eight years ago. Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, said that the entire Europe had been shocked … Skaityti toliau