International experts endorse Belarus notaries’ membership in the International Notaries Union (UINL). Such conclusion was made after UINL’s delegation visit to Minsk on August 5-6, 2019. The delegation consisted of members of UINL’s Commission on International Notarial Co-operation (CCNI), including it’s chairman Franz Leopold, notary of Austria. The long-awaited decision regarding Belarus’ accession to UINL […]

Delegation of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries has attended a round table discussion on notarial perspectives in Kyrgyzstan, which took place in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on July 2-4, 2019. This event was held under initiative of International Union of Notaries (UINL) and Chamber of Notaries of Kyrgyzstan. President of Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries Marius Stračkaitis has […]

Humanity has always wished for wings. Or perhaps simply the power to lift up from the earthly routine, perceive space without limitation and see from above how small the old world really is…. 25 years ago, Lithuanian notaries dreamed about carrying their profession into different territory, discovering and exploring new horizons, developing new connections, gaining […]

Notarial reforms underway in Belarus bring this country closer to full membership in the International Union of Notaries (UINL), which unites more than 80 Latin-type notary nations. The matter was under discussion during the meetings of the General Council and International Commission on Co-operation of Notaries (CCNI) of UINL. The events took place in Veracruz, […]

Participants of an international seminar in Vilnius ascertain that notaries and the State share the responsibility of preventing money laundering. Representatives of notaries, governmental bodies and banks from the three Baltic States, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine had discussed the challenges of money laundering prevention and exchanged good practices during the seminar in Lithuanian capital on […]

Belarus is considering to empower its notaries with an authority to place an Apostille, following the successful example of Estonia and Lithuania. Minister of Justice of Belarus Oleg Slizhevsky talked about such intentions during the International Notarial Conference in Minsk on March 30. The conference was dedicated to the 5th Anniversary of Notarial Reform in […]

The Chamber of Notaries performs numerous activities in Lithuania – ensuring the protection of the legal framework of the state, helping modernise the Notariat in post-Soviet countries, using its own funds to develop the eNotaras electronic medium. It also faces a variety of challenges. One of the most pressing ones is the struggle of the […]

The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on 19 February upheld a claim by the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries and members of its Presidium in full, annulling an earlier judgement by the Competition Council, which had found the Chamber and its Presidium members guilty of a breach of competition law and had imposed penalties. The panel of […]

Residents of Lithuania trust notaries and policemen most among ten legal professions and institutions, opinion poll shows. An independent institution of public opinion and market research Vilmorus was commissioned by Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries to carry out the survey of people’s confidence in ten legal professions and institutions. The survey has been conducted monthly starting […]