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President’s position runs counter to rule of law principles, Lithuanian PM says

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]

Andrius Tapinas, Gintautas Paluckas, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Ramūnas Karbauskis, Gabrielius Landsbergis
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Seimas opposition parties discuss interpellation against agriculture minister

Members of the Lithuanian parliament’s opposition parties met on Wednesday to discuss an interpellation procedure against Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas. […]

Vytautas Gapšys, Raimondas Kurlianskis and Eligijus Masiulis
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Charges in Lithuania’s political corruption case – bribes for laws, procurement, posts

Raimondas Kurlianskis, former vice-president of the Lithuanian MG Baltic concern, is charged with paying bribes to politicians for influence to adoption of laws, determining winners of public procurement tenders and appointment of officials, law-enforcement said on Tuesday. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis, Gediminas Kirkilas
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