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CORPORATE

Parties take to decisive battle over municipalities: some hope to maintain positions, others aim for records

With little time left to the municipal and direct mayoral elections, political party leaders are pondering, which city and region bastions they will hold on to and where they have chances to break through. The Social Democrats, Liberal Movement and Order and Justice Party remain modest both about increases in their mayors and council members, while the Conservatives and “Farmers”, who remain the most popular parties, believe that they could reach historical victories in the elections, lrt.lt writes. […]

Algirdas Paleckis
Politics

At least six companions of A. Paleckis under suspicion in spying case

According to information obtained by the LRT Television show Panorama, at least 6 companions of Algirdas Paleckis are under suspicion in the spying case. One of them is the leader of the Socialist People’s Front created by A. Paleckis and is also a figure in the MG Baltic case. Meanwhile, Jedinstvo leader Valery Ivanov, who was released from arrest yesterday, has not been charged with spying, lrt.lt writes. […]

Šarūnas Gustainis
Politics

Lithuania’s political corruption trial adjourned after new defense lawyer is brought in

The Vilnius Regional Court decided on Friday to adjourn the proceedings in a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, to give time to a new defense lawyer of Šarūnas Gustainis, a defendant, to read the case-file. […]

Vytautas Gapšys
Politics

Lithuanian Labor Party’s ex-leader calls corruption case ‘political’

Vytautas Gapšys, a former vice-chairman of the Lithuanian Labor Party who is standing trial on corruption charges, says that the case is political. […]

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Society

Reading out of indictment in MG Baltic political corruption trial starts

Prosecutors began to read out the indictment in a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, and two political parties at the Vilnius Regional Court on Tuesday. […]