Daiva Ulbinaitė and her attorney Giedrius Danėlius
Politics

Prosecutor appeals against acquittal of Lithuanian president’s adviser

Prosecutor Gintas Ivanauskas has appealed against the ruling of the court acquitting Chief Presidential Advisor Daiva Ulbinaitė over charges of abusing civil service and disclosing a state secret. […]

Mark Adam Harold, a.k.a. Mark Splinter
Politics

Lithuanian court revokes election watchdog’s decision to bar Briton from local elections

The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court on Friday satisfied a plea filed by British citizen Mark Adam Harold against the decision of the Central Electoral Commission to refuse him registration as candidate of the Liberal Movement for the upcoming local elections. […]

Daiva Ulbinaitė
Politics

Ulbinaitė reinstated as spokeswoman for Lithuanian president

Daiva Ulbinaitė on Monday returned to the Lithuanian President’s Office as the presidential spokeswoman after being acquitted of charges of leaking a state secret. She replaced Modestas Naudžius in the position. […]

Red Dalia
Politics

Mysterious men linked to Russia target Lithuanian president

Last month a peculiar thing happened at the European Parliament. Four men were observed placing books with the title Red Dalia in members’ pigeonholes. Nothing unusual, you say: pigeonholes are for putting missives in. But it wasn’t just any book, and the four men distributed it without permission. The eponymous Dalia in the book of 200-plus pages is none other than Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and the book alleges that she used to be involved with the KGB. […]

European Court of Human Rights
Politics

Lithuanian government in favour of closer cooperation with ECHR

The Government of Lithuania wants the country’s courts to have the opportunity to turn to the European Court of Human Rights for consultation while hearing cases that might involve human rights violations. […]