Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Juknevičienė, Vytautas Juozapaitis, Gabrielius Landsbergis
Politics

Conservatives initiating impeachment of SocDem MP Bastys

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) are initiating impeachment of Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys who has not received access to classified information due to his links with the criminal world and representatives of Russian energy companies. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker mentions impeachment for Bastys, PM sees no grounds

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said that the parliament might open an impeachment procedure against Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys, if he does not decide to step down from the Seimas leadership and the parliament itself after the State Security Department refused to give him access to classified information due to his personal links with criminal figures and representatives of Russian energy companies. […]

Romas Valentukevičius
Politics

Official ethics chief resigns

Romas Valentukevičius, the head of the Lithuanian chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK), presented his resignation from the post to Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday, March 9, the parliament’s Public Relations Division said. […]

Romas Valentukevičius
Politics

Ethics chief pledges to resign tomorrow

Romas Valentukevičius, the head of the Lithuanian chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK), says he would resign from the post on Friday, March 10. […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
CORPORATE

Foreign policy on old rails

Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius spoke on the new government programme implementation plan‘s foreign policy priorities and explained that the main goals over the next four years will be national security and economic diplomacy. […]

Romas Valentukevičius
Politics

Govt coalition partners back decision to sack official ethics chief

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says that the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its ruling coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), unanimously approve of his decision to sack Romas Valentukevičius as head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK). […]