The graft case involving eight judges is the greatest blow to Lithuanian judges and courts since independence was recovered. It is correctly emphasised that we should not rush to conclusions and that currently the suspects only stand accused and their guilt has not been proven. […]
The public prosecutor in the influence peddling trial of Rolandas Paksas and Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas, says that the former Order and Justice leader agreed to accept a bribe not only for his own benefit, but also for the benefit of his party. […]
Rolandas Paksas, the former leader of Lithuania’s Order and Justice party and now a MEP, say he plans to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election in Lithuania next year, irrespective of any circumstances. […]
Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas and editor-in-chief of the daily Lietuvos Rytas, denies that there were any illegal agreements between him and Rolandas Paksas, Lithuania’s impeached former president and now a member of the European Parliament. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė believes that law enforcement must carefully consider, what classified data to declassify and the Seimas committee must carefully consider its conclusions because this report will most likely play a role in the […]
A panel of three judges will hear the influence peddling case of former Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas, Lietuvos Rytas media group CEO Gedvydas Vainauskas and businessman Antanas Zabulis. […]
Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas, Lietuvos Rytas media group CEO Gedvydas Vainauskas and businessman Antanas Zabulis plead not guilty on charges of influence peddling but will provide testimony to court. […]
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Tuesday that prosecutors have completed their pre-trial investigation into a case in which Rolandas Paksas, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, and Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas, are suspected of influence peddling, and have handed the case over to court. […]
Formal suspicions of trading in influence were brought on Monday against Rolandas Paksas, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
Lietuvos Rytas, a top Lithuanian professional basketball club, may be renamed Rytas in the future, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said after a meeting of the club’s co-owners on Wednesday, adding that businessman Darius Gudelis is taking over as the club’s director. […]
Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Monday received an invitation from the European Parliament to come and explain why Lithuania’s law-enforcement is asking the EU legislature to strip MEP Rolandas Paksas, a former leader of the Order and Justice Party, of his immunity. […]
The European Parliament‘s Committee on Legal Affairs has asked Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis to attend hearings on stripping MEP Rolandas Paksas of his immunity in an influence peddling case. […]
Prosecutors have completed preliminary investigation into suspected influence peddling by Gedvydas Vainauskas, the chief and shareholder of the Lietuvos Rytas media group, and Antanas Zabulis, CEO of the mobile service provider Omnitel. […]
Lithuanian prosecutors have asked the European Parliament to lift the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP and leader of the Order and Justice Party Rolandas Paksas. […]
MEP Rolandas Paksas has denied allegations of accepting a bribe, saying that prosecutors’ announcement on Tuesday that they would seek his legal immunity stripped was just a continuation of a campaign against him that started in 2004. […]
MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, is suspected of accepting a bribe of €15,000, Lithuanian prosecutors say. Since he is sheltered from prosecution as an elected official, prosecutors are planning to ask the European Parliament to strip the Lithuanian politician of legal immunity. […]
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) broke the news on Monday that it was investigating suspected influence peddling that involves the leader of a ruling party, the head of a major media group and a grocery supermarket chain. Here are the key facts: […]
The latest round of investigations of politicians by the Special Investigation Service (STT) is yet another signal that political parties in Lithuania are still not transparent, according to Vitalijus Gailius, the head of the Parliamentary Anticorruption Commission speaking on Žinių Radijas. […]
The supermarket chain Norfa has been named in an influence peddling investigation that involves the leader of one of Lithuania’s ruling parties and the head of the Lietuvos Rytas media group. Norfa owner Dainius Dundulis denies allegations against him and his business. […]
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