Daiva Ulbinaitė
Politics

Prosecutors appeal against acquittal of Lithuanian president’s spokeswoman

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office on Friday lodged an appeal with the country’s Supreme Court against the acquittal of presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė in a state secret disclosure case. […]

Rimantas Sinkevičius
Politics

Lithuania’s transport ministry proposes new operating model for state companies

Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications together with independent consultants, after analysing all legal and financial options, submitted a proposal to set up a new corporate group formed from companies of the transport sector, the ministry reports. […]

Remigijus Šimašius
Politics

Vilnius mayor says he reduced city’s debt by EUR 8.6m in 100 days

Liberal Remigijus Šimašius, who has been serving as the mayor of Vilnius for 100 days, says that he managed to reduce the city’s debt by 2.4 percent or EUR 8.6 million in the period from late April to early July. […]

Valentinas Mazuronis
Politics

Lithuania’s Labour Party threatens to leave coalition over deputy minister row

Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy minister Vytautas Vigelis within a week, the Labour Party‘s leader Valentinas Mazuronis rushed off to the Government’s Office. The politician is convinced that the deputy minister was appointed lawfully, although the PM insists that Vigelis should be fired. […]

Vitas Matuzas
Politics

Court acquits former Lithuanian MP Matuzas in bribery case

Vilnius Regional Court on Friday acquitted former member of the Lithuanian Seimas Vitas Matuzas in a bribery and fraud case. […]