LRT
Politics

Group of MEPs express concern over Seimas’ scrutiny of Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT

A group of members of the European Parliament have expressed their concern over the Lithuanian parliament’s decision to set up a parliamentary commission to scrutinize the activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT). […]

Mrs Alma Adamkienė
Society

Lithuanian ex-president Adamkus’ wife in hospital

Alma Adamkienė, wife of Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus, is currently in hospital but her condition is not serious, said doctor Aušra Marcijonienė. […]

Klaipėda city district court
Society

Heads of Lithuania’s Naftos Grupe appeal against jail sentences

The Urbutis brothers, owners and top executives of Naftos Grupė (Oil Group), an oil product forwarding company that was granted exceptional terms for the transshipment of oil products via Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil) in 2005 to 2010, have filed appeals against the ruling by a Klaipeda court to sentence them to terms in prison. […]

Kęstutis Pūkas
Politics

Lithuania’s election body to hand down resigned MP’s mandate

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė. […]