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PM expects to propose candidate for justice minister this week
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects to propose this week a candidate for justice minister to President Dalia Grybauskaitė for appointment. […]
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Lithuanian president to decide on agrimin nominee soon, aide says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will make her decision regarding the appointment of Vice Minister of the Interior Giedrius Surplys, 37, for minister of agriculture shortly, her aid says. […]
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PM nominates Surplys for agrimin
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is nominating Vice Minister of the Interior Giedrius Surplys, 37, for minister of agriculture. […]
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Seimas committee won’t probe presidential emails
The Seimas of Lithuania’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) won’t probe the circumstances mentioned in email exchanges between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus Masiulis, charged with corruption, CNSD chairman Vytautas Bakas says. […]
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Journalist’s ties attract attention of Lithuanian parlt probe – media
The Seimas of Lithuania’s Committee on National Security and Defense, currently carrying out a probe into interest groups’ influence on politicians, is also interested in journalist Tomas Dapkus working for a TV channel owned by MG Baltic, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes. […]
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Email extracts: Lithuanian president called energy watchdog chair “Icor lady”
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė wanted to sack Diana Korsakaitė, the former chairwoman of the country’s National Commission for Energy Control and Prices, for her links to Icor business group, according to extracts of the president’s emails, published on Thursday. […]
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Lithuanian ruling party to look if president’s emails are authentic
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) will look at whether recently published emails between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case, are authentic, with the answers expected to come from the Seimas servers. […]
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PM sees no grounds for Seimas commission over president’s emails
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no grounds, at least for now, for opening a parliamentary investigation into President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case. […]
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PM to name candidate for agriculture minister Monday
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will name his candidate for agriculture minister next Monday. […]
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PM looks at president’s emails from moral rather than legal viewpoint
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader accused of corruption, should be looked at from a moral rather than a legal point of view. […]
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Seimas panel could look at Masiulis’ email exchange with president – chair
The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (CLA) says that President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s comments on her email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis leave many unanswered questions about the contents of these letters. […]
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President confirms email exchanges with Masiulis, not authenticity of letters
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not deny having had email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case, but says that she cannot confirm the authenticity of letters published in the media. […]
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Order and Justice Party spent unlawful EUR 346,000 on publicity – law-enforcement
Lithuania’s parliamentary Order and Justice Party is suspected of having spent around 346,000 euros in funds allegedly obtained as bribes or through other illegal means on publicity, law-enforcement officials said on Wednesday after completing their pre-trial investigation. […]
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President didn’t discuss candidate for chief prosecutor with MG Baltic – aide
Claims that Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė in 2015 discussed candidates for the job of prosecutor general with MG Baltic, one of the country’s biggest business groups, are untrue and mislead the public, a presidential advisor said on Monday. […]
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Prosecutors say politicians’ lawful behavior not part of investigation
Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday declined to comment on claims by Eligijus Masiulis regarding his email exchange with President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying that politicians’ lawful behavior was not part of their pre-trial investigation into a political corruption case involving the former leader of the Liberal Movement. […]
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President’s behavior “unacceptable”, Seimas committee chair says
The Lietuvos Rytas daily’s report reveals Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s unacceptable behavior of coordinating the appointment of prosecutor general, MP Agnė Širinskienė of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) says. […]
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President’s email exchange with Masiulis: what do we know?
Following the Lietuvos Rytas report on Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s email exchange with former liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis, BNS Lithuania provides key known facts. […]
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Masiulis claims to have exchanged emails with Lithuanian president for 2 years
Eligijus Masiulis, former leader of Lithuania’s liberals, currently a suspect in a political corruption case, claims to have exchanged emails with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė for at least two years, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes. […]
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Non-partisans to be allowed to select Lithuania’s TS-LKD presidential candidate
Non-partisans will be allowed vote for the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, as well as for candidates in certain municipalities’ mayoral elections. […]