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Lithuania’s Order, Justice party suspends Grazulis’ membership
The board of Lithuania’s opposition Order and Justice party decided during its meeting on Saturday to suspend the membership of MP Petras Gražulis for a year. […]
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Seimas starts discussions on closing shops on holidays, Sundays
The Seimas of Lithuania has started discussions on a proposal to close shops on holidays and the last Sunday of a month. […]
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Liberal Movement’s rating plummets record-low – survey
If general elections were held in Lithuania now, the opposition Liberal Movement would fail to cross the minimum barrier stipulated by the law, a new survey shows. […]
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Bakas threatens to leave LVŽS group if it launches new parliamentary probe
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), threatened on Friday to leave the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s political group in the Seimas if it launches a new parliamentary investigation. […]
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Vilnius court bans Bakas from calling MG Baltic ‘organized criminal group’
A Vilnius court on Friday prohibited Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), from calling MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups, as “an organized criminal group”. […]
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Lithuanian ruling party MPs want new probe into politics-business links
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s (LVŽS) political group in the Seimas has decided to initiate a new parliamentary investigation into links between politics and business as a follow-up to a probe conducted the Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK). […]
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Lithuania’s vice environmin under fire after “post Soviet countries” event
Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States. […]
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Amendments on KGB agents will be corrected, PM says
The amendments on the publication of the names of former KGB agents in Lithuania, who have voluntarily admitted their past collaboration, will be corrected, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says following criticism by the State Security Department. […]
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Seimas makes first step towards disclosing ex-KGB agents
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed an initiative by the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance to disclose now classified information on former agents of the Soviet KGB who voluntarily admitted their collaboration. […]
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Seimas takes 1st step toward publishing names of self-confessed ex-KGB agents
The Lithuanian parliament has decided to start debates on an initiative by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS) to make public the names of people who have confessed about their past collaboration with the KGB. […]
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Court suspends Panevėžys mayor for 3 months amid corruption suspicions (Updated)
A court on Thursday suspended Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, the mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys, from office for three months amid corruption suspicions, a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed to BNS. […]
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Seimas commission says no grounds to impeach MP Skardžius
There are no grounds to launch impeachment proceedings against Artūras Skardžius, deputy head of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor political group in the Seimas, an ad-hoc commission decided on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuania faces sanctions over stalling Paksas amendments
Lithuania is facing sanctions if amendments paving the way for Rolandas Paksas to stand as a candidate in elections do not more forward in the Seimas, says Donatas Murauskas, head of the Lithuanian Justice Ministry’s Division of Representation at the European Court of Human Rights. […]
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Ruling parties submit compromise tax reform proposals
The majority leaders in the Lithuanian parliament are changing their proposed plans for the personal income tax, social insurance contribution rates and non-taxable income rates. […]
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Suspicions brought against Panevėžys mayor, 4 other persons in corruption case
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service, alongside his advisor Gintarė Maskoliūnienė and three business representatives. […]
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Environmin survives interpellation
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas on Tuesday survived an opposition-initiated interpellation against him after lawmakers voted in favor of his answers. […]
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There’re no KGB collaborators in the Seimas – GRRCL chief
The incumbent Lithuanian parliament has not a single member who secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB, Teresė Birutė Burauskaitė, head of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania said following its research. […]
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Lithuania’s election watchdog doesn’t check candidates for KGB cooperation – MP
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission (VRK) does not check candidates’ personal information forms whether they have correctly provided information on their link with the KGB, MP Zbignev Jedinski, representing the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, claims. […]
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Panevėžys mayor detained in corruption probe
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT). […]
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Lithuania’s anti-corruption agents searching Panevėžys local authority’s offices
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) officials on Tuesday are searching the offices of the Panevėžys local authority as part of an investigation involving the town’s mayor, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas. […]