Mindaugas Bastys and Irena Šiaulienė
Politics

SocDems to vote against conclusion that MP Bastys acted against Lithuania’s interests

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the junior partner in the ruling coalition, will not support a parliamentary committee’s conclusion that Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the LSDP 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. […]

Raimundas Kurlianskis ir Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

Liberal Movement’s activities were illegally financed – prosecutor general

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. […]

In the Seimas
Politics

Farmers tops opinion poll, support for SocDems grows

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. […]

Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

Prosecutors: Money transferred to fund linked with Liberals

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. […]

"MG Baltic", Eligijus Masiulis and Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

MG Baltic financially supported Liberal Movement – prosecutors

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. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President calls on MPs not ‘to bulldoze over’ Constitution on dual citizenship

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday called on members of the Seimas to respect the Constitution during debates on dual citizenship. […]