Raimondas Šukys, a minister in several former Lithuanian governments, has taken the State Security Department, or VSD, to court over the intelligence agency’s claim that people from MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups, exerted influence on him. […]
Arvydas Juozaitis, a Lithuanian philosopher and one of the initiators of the Lithuanian reform movement Sąjūdis, is mulling running for president. […]
Lithuanian prosecutors said on Friday they had dropped an investigation into the actions of lawmaker Artūras Skardžius after almost a year. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), on Friday called President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s statement that his presence in the Seimas might run counter to the Constitution “nonsense”. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ activity in the Seimas might run counter to the country’s Constitution due to his business interests. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s decision to put the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) before the country’s parliament for ratification was “a nice gesture”, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says, but does not promise his vote for it. […]
Recent scandals in Lithuania over links between politicians and businesses have affected potential presidential candidate rankings, with the number of undecided voters jumping by around 8 percentage points in a month, according to the latest opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Friday. […]
A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, and two political parties went for trial on Thursday, but the first hearing was adjourned to Friday due to the absence of MP Gintaras Steponavičius, a defendant. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė describes a recently completed parliamentary investigation into interest groups’ influence on political processes as “a political opinion of the Seimas” with no legal implications and waits for concrete proposals. […]
The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats would receive the most votes in parliamentary elections, but the Liberal Movement, another opposition party, would not clear the 5 percent hurdle required to enter the Seimas, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian’s Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the priority conscripts enjoy during competitions for civil service jobs runs counter to the Constitution. […]
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says lawmakers should have enough time to adopt tax amendments this month. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday approved the conclusions of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense‘s probe into unlawful influence on political processes, in which Russia’s Rosatom and Lithuania’s MG Baltic business groups were named as threats. […]
The leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) expects the Seimas to set up a new parliamentary commission to continue the Committee on National Security and Defense‘s (NSGK) investigation into interest groups’ influence on political processes. […]
Interest groups’ interference in Lithuania’s political process was systematic and went on for years, which cannot be tolerated, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) said on Tuesday. […]
Media owners in Lithuania should be subjected to the same requirements as investors in the country’s strategic companies, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), will on Tuesday present the findings of a parliamentary investigation into business and interest groups’ influence on political processes and decision-makers to the full Seimas. […]
Lithuanian prosecutors refused on Monday to open a pre-trial investigation regarding the disclose of a document from the State Security Department (VSD) in the media. […]
Gedvydas Vainauskas, CEO of the media group Lietuvos Rytas and editor-in-chief of the daily Lietuvos Rytas, denies that there were any illegal agreements between him and Rolandas Paksas, Lithuania’s impeached former president and now a member of the European Parliament. […]
Lawmakers’ proposals on new requirements for television owners and managers might increase the media’s dependence on politicians, a media expert warns. […]
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