Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Paksas rejects talks about stepping down as Order and Justice party leader

Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party’s helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party’s list. […]

Politics

New bill on dual citizenship being drafted ahead of planned referendum

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has appointed a task group to draft a bill on dual citizenship so that the issue could be put to a vote in a planned referendum this year. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Ričardas Malinauskas
Politics

Druskininkai mayor should suspend party membership while under investigation, says PM

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will suggest that Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas, a fellow social democrat, suspend his membership in the party while investigators probe his suspected involvement in a shady construction project. However, Butkevičius does not believe that Malinauskas should resign from the mayor’s post. […]

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? […]

Ričardas Malinauskas
Politics

Druskininkai Mayor questioned by investigators over resort

Mayor of Druskininkai Ričardas Malinauskas has been questioned by investigators who are probing allegedly questionable motives behind a government decree legalizing construction in the southern Lithuanian resort town. […]