Most Lithuanians consider corruption widespread, even though only 7% of people have had direct contact with it. These are the main findings of the European Commission’s EU-wide Eurobarometer survey, Lietuvos rytas wirtes in its editorial. […]
A total of 26 persons, including eight judges and five lawyers, were detained in Lithuania on February 20 due to suspected corruption in the country’s judicial system, said Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis. […]
Corruption has been habitually singled out as one of the major afflictions slowing down Lithuania’s development, a problem put down to the country’s Soviet legacy as well as frailty of its young institutions. Jovitas Raškevičius, of the Special Investigation Service (STT), notes that the effort Lithuania has put into fighting corruption is bearing fruit, while Liudas Jurkonis, of EY’s fraud investigation and dispute services, highlights that business companies need to invest more into their own internal control systems. […]
Lithuania’s Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations is making headway in the parliament. […]
The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case. […]
The Lithuanian parliament has opened its autumn session. Here is a look at the session’s potentially most-contentious bills: […]
The Lithuanian Special Investigations Service (STT) says it has been receiving growing numbers of reports about corruption, which result in about half of all STT probes. […]
Politicians’ ties and influences on energy projects should be scrutinized, says Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee, pledging to propose the initiative to the parliament for its fall session. […]
When asked whether the higher education reform will provide universities with the opportunity to negotiate mergers among themselves or whether there will be certain restrictions to abide by, one of the authors of the reform […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized the country’s ruling politicians for insufficient efforts against corruption, stating that mechanisms to protect those reporting corruption were not yet in place. […]
The government has not yet made its decision on the use of 13 million euros paid by Alstom to the country as ordered by a London court in a case in which the French group’s Swedish energy unit Alstom Power was accused of corruption in Lithuania. […]
Corruption risks can plausibly cause both direct and indirect damage to Lithuania. According, to the results of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) conducted by the independent research centre “RAND Europe” based on the newest data, […]
There are more cases when businessmen, who have all the necessary permits, have to stop the building of investment projects, when officials change their mind on permits that have been issued before. Prime Minister Saulius […]
Lithuania’s new parliament of the 2016-2020 term also lacks will to fight corruption, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after the parliament on Tuesday overruled her veto on internal deals in municipalities. This was the first presidential veto rejected by the new parliament. […]
Daivis Zabulionis, deputy director of the Lithuanian Road Administration, has been sacked after nearly a year in office amid corruption suspicions. […]
Lithuania is well placed to become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as soon as in 2018 if it makes sufficient progress in reforming the management of state-owned enterprises and controlling corruption, OECD Deputy Secretary General Douglas Frantz said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
It seems that the new Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is very determined to fight against corruption in his term. On the last day of 2016, the whole Ministers Cabinet was presented with the so-called ‘’Lithuanian corruption map 2016’’ which is based on surveys of Lithuanian society, business and civil servants. On Monday, the Prime Minister met with the head of the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania to discuss strengthening measures to fight against corruption, and so on. Promising beginnings! […]
Lithuania remains among the most corrupt European countries – although Lithuanian residents paid fewer bribes to doctors and police officers in the past year, one in four residents have paid a bribe in the past 12 months, shows the Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International. […]
MEP Antanas Guoga, former member of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has transferred to the right wing European People’s Party (EPP) at the European Parliament. […]
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