While populism has come to be regarded as a catch-all culprit for many of the ills befalling Europe and the world today, how does it overlap with the domain of competition law? This was the question addressed by Šarūnas Keserauskas, the Chairman of the Competition Council of Lithuania, during the European Business Network’s (EBN) recent event hosted at Holiday Inn hotel in Vilnius. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed stepping up measures aimed at protecting consumers from misleading advertising and ensuring fair competition. […]
Lithuanian retailers say they are open to the government’s intention to more closely check retail chains’ contracts with suppliers. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis advises Lithuanians not to use the Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing application which he says collects excessive user data. […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has turned to Lithuanian’s Competition Council, asking for an investigation into whether Yandex.Taxi advertising does not run counter to the country’s laws and does not mislead consumers. […]
During its investigation of business influence on politicians, the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) among other things reviewed a State Security Department (VSD) paper, which presents a table with the most influential Lithuanian […]
For a few weeks now, the main attention of Lithuanian politicians and news media has been focused on the State Security Department (VSD) report on the illegal efforts by the MG Baltic group to influence […]
Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group has called the State Security Department‘s claims about businessmen’s attempts to influence the Competition Council and the Liberal Movement a “misunderstanding” and “absurd”. […]
Elonas Šatas, a deputy chairman of Lithuania’s Competition Council, pushed for backing MG Baltic business group’s bid to acquire shares of Alita, one of the largest alcohol producers in Lithuania, according to a report by the country’s State Security department. […]
A copy of the State Security Department (VSD) report to the National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) Delfi has obtained reveals in what ways the MG Baltic group aimed to influence state institutions, politicians and […]
MG Baltic President Darius Mockus says that the business group has become the target of people who want to rule the state by using “extinct regimes’ methods”. […]
Journalist Tomas Dapkus, as a middleman for the top executives of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, was allegedly involved in activities bearing the signs of blackmail, the State Security Department (VSD) said in a document. […]
The chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) confirmed on Monday that the panel, which is conducting a probe into interest groups’ unlawful influence on politicians, has received a part of declassified information from security services. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not deny having had email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case, but says that she cannot confirm the authenticity of letters published in the media. […]
The Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries and eight members of its presidium have been slapped with fines worth thousands of euros for price-fixing, marking the first time in the country that notaries have been punished for a cartel agreement. […]
At the end of 2016 Rimi Lietuva, JSC (brand – RIMI) disclosed its strategic plan to acquire full control of Palink, JSC (brand – IKI) creating the biggest network of retail market centres (stores) in Lithuania, however becoming the second player by measured turnover in retail after Maxima LT, JSC (brand – Maxima) ahead. […]
An initiative has appeared in Seimas to form yet another ad hoc commission. The opposition spoke of intentions to investigate the situation in the agriculture sector already in early January. However, no one attempted to […]
Lithuania’s law-enforcement have completed the pre-trial investigation into the 1.5-million-euro auction organized by the Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) in 2014. Abuse suspicions were brought against six individuals, including Ignalina’s current CEO Darius Janulevičius, former CEO Osvaldas Čiukšys and former former head of the commercial division, Lauras Puslys. […]
Lithuania’s Competition Council on Thursday imposed a maximum fine of 12.2 million euros for a cartel deal among construction companies that took part in Vilnius school and kindergarten renovation tenders. […]
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, who may face an interpellation procedure in the parliament, “is not the worst minister”, an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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