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Social Democrats set to leave coalition with Farmers
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party on Saturday decided to withdraw from the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU). […]
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Klaipeda seaport, Latvijas Tilti bribery case reaches court
A corruption case involving the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority and Latvia’s bridge construction company Latvijas Tilti has reached court in Klaipeda. […]
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Liberal Movement didn’t benefit from bribes – party members
Leaders of the embattled Liberal Movement dismiss the influence peddling and bribery suspicions as interpretations, pleading not guilty and saying that the bribes only benefited the party’s former chairman Eligijus Masiulis, ex-MP Sarunas Gustainis and MG Baltic concern vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis. […]
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President Grybauskaite: There can be no compromise in efforts against corruption
There can be no compromise in efforts against corruption, President Dalia Grybauskaite said in comment of the political corruption suspicions brought against two parties earlier on Friday. […]
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Suspicions against parties mean cleaner Lithuanian political system – parliamentary speaker
The suspicions brought against the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party in the political corruption investigation mean cleansing of the political system, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
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Businessmen may have bribed party for current, future step in its interest – STT
The Special Investigation Service (STT) says that MG Baltic, one of the country’s biggest business concerns, is suspected for paying bribes to the Liberal Movement for its current and future actions in the concerned interest. […]
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Conservatives’ leader sees corruption suspicions as end of Liberal Movement
The Friday’s bribery suspicions against the Labor Party and the Liberal Movement may mean the end of the latter political movement, says Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Christian Democrats. […]
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Prosecutors: Liberals could’ve financed election campaign from illicit sources
The Prosecutor General’s Office has said it had notified the Central Electoral Commission about operations of the Liberal Movement that could be funded from illegal sources during the 2016 general elections. […]
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PM calls for parliamentary probe of ties between interests of politicians, businesses
After the law-enforcement brought corruption suspicions against the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis delegated by the ruling Farmers and Greens Union says he will initiate a parliamentary inquiry into transparency of ties of politicians with interest groups. […]
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Liberal Movement, Labour Party face suspicions in political corruption case
Lithuanian law-enforcement has brought suspicions against two parties represented in the parliament, the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party – in one of the largest cases of political corruption. […]
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Parliament against publishing names of ex-KGB agents who had come forward
Lithuania’s parliamentarians disagreed to publish names of all former KGB collaborators, including those who had come forward about their KGB past and had received a promise from the state to protect their identity. […]
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Chief prosecutor turns to parliament over MP Puteikis’ immunity
Prosecutor General Evaldas Pasilis on Thursday turned to the parliament with a request to revoke the immunity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union’s MP Naglis Puteikis in a slander case. […]
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Social Democrat leader’s comments on Belarus’ N-plant sound like Kremlin’s voice – PM
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that public comments by Gintautas Paluckas, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Lithuania’s efforts to block imports from a new nuclear power plant that Belarus in building some 50 kilometers from Vilnius “sound like the Kremlin’s voice”. […]
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PM on Social Democrats posts: No one irreplaceable, some are just unreplaced
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says the country should wait for the Social Democratic Party to state its final position on withdrawal from the ruling coalition, saying that the future of the three LSDP-delegated ministers would depend on them and the termination conditions. […]
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Social Democrats leader: ministers, panel chairs to have week to decide on posts
Should the council of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party endorse the strife stated by the majority of the party’s branches to leave the ruling coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union, the party’s ministers and heads of parliamentary committees will have a week to decide on their future in the posts, says Social Democrats’ leader Gintautas Paluckas. […]
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Most branches of Social Democrats want out of ruling coalition – survey
Some 43 of the 60 branches of the Social Democratic Party want the party to leave the ruling coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union. […]
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Child rights protection reform makes headway in parliament
A child right protection system reform package that, for the first time, sets six years as the minimum age for a child to be left alone is making headway in the parliament. […]
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PM surprised at Lithuanian EU commissioner’s position on Belarus’ N-plant
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is surprised at Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis’ position on the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, saying that the EU commissioner’s statements are not in line with his country’s interests. […]
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Low average amount of fines for corruption due to petty offenses – Lithuania’s top judge
Fines for corruption in Lithuania may amount to thousands of euros, but the relatively low average is due to minor offenses being much more numerous than large-scale crimes, Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Lithuanian Supreme Court and head of the Lithuanian Judicial Council, said. […]
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Lithuanian airspace violation by Russia ‘not surprising’ – parliament panel head
Russian military aircraft’s violation of Lithuanian airspace during the Zapad exercise should not come as a surprise, given the scale of the war games, Vytautas Bakas, head of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense, said on Monday. […]