Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Labour leadership smooths over rifts within party

The leadership of Lithuania’s Labour Party met to smooth over reported disagreements in its ranks after the parliament speaker’s statements gave rise to speculations about her possible withdrawal. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Politics
Viktoras Uspaskichas
Politics

Why was sentence so light for Labour party founder?

It took almost 10 years for a court’s decision regarding the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping in 2004-2006 to come into effect. However, the Vilnius circuit court’s altered decision regarding the sentence for Viktor Uspaskich, the party’s disgraced founder, raised a storm of commentary. Few seem to have expected the appeal court’s decision. How could it be that the accused got away with a tiny fine when they had been working to hide millions? […]

Agnė Bilotaitė
Politics

Prime Minister sues opposition MP for slander

Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has filed a defamation suit against conservative member of parliament Agnė Bilotaitė. […]

Zigmas Vaišvila
Politics

Group to collect signatures against refugee resettlement in Lithuania

A group wants to collect 50,000 signatures under a petition which would force parliament to reconsider refugee resettlement in Lithuania. […]