Shower
Society

Vilnius declares emergency over Legionnaires’ disease

An emergency has been declared in Vilnius after Legionella bacteria were found in the water systems of several apartment buildings in the Lithuanian capital. […]

Judges
Politics

Supreme Court judge resigns after questioning in corruption trial

Viktoras Aidukas, judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania who has been questioned in an investigation, has stepped down. […]

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. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Bastys didn’t pass security filter due to Rosatom, ex-KGB links

Lithuania’s Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys did not get a permit to work with classified information due to his personal links with representatives of Russian energy companies and the criminal community, a former KGB agent and a pro-Kremlin journalist, shows a report from the State Security Department. […]

Seimas main hall
Politics

Key tasks for Seimas’ spring session

Lithuania’s new parliament, which was sworn in last November, is commencing in its spring session on Friday. BNS Lithuania is providing an overview of the most important bills included into the agenda. […]