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Raimundas Kurlianskis ir Gintaras Steponavičius

Liberal Movement’s activities were illegally financed – prosecutor general

April 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement met with MG Baltic Vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis to discuss illegal financing for his party and voted in favor of legislation benefiting the business group’s interests, thus undermining the authority of the Seimas and disgracing the name of a lawmaker, the country’s prosecutor general said on Tuesday as he asked the parliament to strip the parliamentarian of his legal immunity over a possible abuse of powers. […]

Farmers tops opinion poll, support for SocDems grows

April 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) tops the latest popularity rankings, followed by the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats in second place and by the Social Democrats (LSDP) in third, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]

Court orders closure of portal broadasting Russian TV content

April 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Lithuanian court has instructed Baltijas Mediju Aliance (BMA), a company registered in Latvia, to discontinue unlawful broadcasts of Russian television programs on website tvdom.tv. […]

MP Steponavičius says wont’ resign despite calls from Seimas speaker

April 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement said on Friday that he would not step down as a lawmaker despite calls from Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, to resign amid illegal funding suspicions […]

Anti-corruption agency mistakenly listened to current Finmin’s phone calls

April 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Special Investigation Service‘s officials mistakenly listened to telephone conversations of Vilius Šapoka, who is now Lithuania’s finance minister, for more than 20 days in late 2015 and early 2016. […]

Ruling Farmers remains Lithuania’s most popular party

April 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) continues to top popularity rankings, with 26 percent of respondents saying they would vote for it if general elections were held next Sunday, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]

Prosecutors: Money transferred to fund linked with Liberals

April 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

MG Baltic, one of the biggest business groups in Lithuania, transferred money to bank accounts of a fund and a public establishment linked with the Liberal Movement, not the party’s accounts, after the party’s former Vice-Chairman Gintaras Steponavičius met with MG Baltic representatives, the Prosecutor General’s Office has said. […]

Fake news piece inserted on BNS after cyber attack

BNS Lithuania turns to prosecutors over system hack

April 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Vilnius bureau of Baltic News Service news agency on Thursday turned to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to investigate the publishing of fake news on the agency’s website. […]

Remigijus Šimašius ir Gintaras Steponavičius

Liberal Movement didn’t get illegal money – Šimašius

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Liberal Movement has not received any unlawful money, says the party’s leader, Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Gintaras Steponavičius

G. Landsbergis urges Steponavičius to resign as MP

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

The leader of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats is calling on Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, another opposition party, to resign as a member of the Seimas. […]

PM thinks suspicions may be brought against Liberal Movement

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that law-enforcement officials are likely to bring suspicions against the opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement as a legal entity. […]

"MG Baltic", Eligijus Masiulis and Gintaras Steponavičius

MG Baltic financially supported Liberal Movement – prosecutors

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Prosecutors have found that MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, financially supported the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, although this is prohibited by law. […]

MP Steponavičius says won’t step down, denies abusing powers

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement says that he does not plan to step down as a member of the Seimas and denies having abused his powers as a lawmaker. […]

Seimas was asked to strip MP Steponavicius of immunity

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis is asking the parliament to strip MP Gintaras Steponavičius of his immunity from criminal prosecution. […]

MP Bastys acted against Lithuania’s intrests, panel finds

April 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, acted against the interests of the Lithuanian state by maintaining close and constant contacts with representatives of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, a parliamentary committee has concluded after a probe. […]