Foreign affairs
Lithuanian, Polish PMs to meet in Mažeikiai Sunday
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will meet with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, in the northwestern Lithuanian district of Mažeikiai on Sunday. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president on ECHR judgment: we’ll have to comply
Lithuania will have to comply with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment regarding a secret CIA prison, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
PM sees no need for new probes over CIA prison in Lithuania
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that there is no need for new investigations regarding a secret CIA detention facility in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s ruling party leaders call for new probes into business influence on politics
The leaders of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) on Thursday called for new investigations into businesses’ influence on politics. […]
Defence
Some 37 foreign warships come to Klaipėda for Baltops exercise
Thirty-seven foreign naval ships were to arrive in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda on Thursday morning to take part in Baltops 2018. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM backs establishment of intelligence ombudsman
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he backs the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense‘s (NSGK) proposal to establish the institution of intelligence ombudsman to help ensure better control of security services. […]
Politics
President hopes NSGK probe will lead to legal amendments
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense‘s conclusions regarding business groups’ influence on politicians will lead to amendments and new instruments to make political processes more transparent. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM finds it hard to understand Russian journalist’s staged murder
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he finds it hard to understand the motives of Ukrainian law enforcement for staging Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko‘s murder. […]
Politics
NSGK probe has drawbacks but was necessary, liberal leader says
The conclusions of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence probe into business groups’ influence on politics, approved on Wednesday, have drawbacks but the probe itself was necessary, Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of the opposition Liberal Movement, says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania will consider appealing ECHR ruling on CIA prison – justmin (Updated)
Lithuania will consider appealing the European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling that a secret CIA prison operated in Lithuania, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius says. […]
Foreign affairs
Secret CIA prison operated in Lithuania – ECHR
A secret CIA prison for suspected terrorists operated in Lithuania in 2005–2006, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s TS-LKD miss info on Agrokoncernas, Vičiūnų Grupė in Seimas probe
The Seimas of Lithuanian’s Committee on National Security and Defence [NSGK] probe into business groups’ influence on politics leave an impression of selectiveness and fragmentation, Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats [TS-LKD], says. […]
Politics
NSGK probe did not answer all questions, PM says
The Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense‘s [NSGK] probe did not answer all questions on businesses influence on political processes, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Politics
Karbauskis calls for reinforcing politicians’ accountability after NSGK probe
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says politicians’ accountability for abuse of their official position must be reinforced following the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense‘s [NSGK] probe into business groups’ influence on political processes. […]
Politics
MG Baltic, Leo LT’s damage to Lithuania worth millions, NSGK chair says
The damage of MG Baltic deals and the Leo LT story to the State of Lithuania could be worth “millions of euros”, therefore, attempts will be made to recover the money, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, says. […]
CORPORATE
NSGK investigation reveals how Russia’s tethers penetrated into Lithuania: seemingly irreconcilable enemies united
What do the companies Arvi, MG Baltic, part of the so-called officials and Russia‘s aims to penetrate Lithuania’s energy system have in common? The conclusions of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation […]
Politics
Lithuania must “clean” itself of Rosatom, NSGK chair says
Lithuania must make principled decisions and “clean” the county of companies incompatible with national security interests, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense [NSGK] says. […]
Politics
Rosatom, MG Baltic have joint interests in Ignalina N-plant tender – Lithuania’s NSGK
Russian nuclear energy construction giant Rosatom and Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group, owned by Darius Mockus, have joint interests in the upcoming multimillion project on the construction of Ignalina nuclear plant’s disposal facility, the Lithuanian Seimas’ Committee on National Security and Defense [NSGK] states after investigating business groups’ influence on politics. […]
Politics
MG Baltic calls parlt committee probe “political farce”
Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group, owned by Darius Mockus, on Wednesday called the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense‘s [NSGK] parliamentary probe into business groups’ influence on political processes and its conclusions a “political farce”. […]
Foreign affairs
Palestinians consider opening embassy in Vilnius, ask for state recognition
The Palestinians are considering opening their embassy in Vilnius later this year, making it a bridge for Arab countries to the Baltic states, Foreign Minister Riad al Malki says. […]