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. […]

Vladimir Putin on a TV set
Politics

Court orders closure of portal broadasting Russian TV content

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. […]

Fake news piece inserted on BNS after cyber attack
Politics

BNS Lithuania turns to prosecutors over system hack

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. […]

Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

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

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. […]

Prison
Politics

Justmin sacks chief of Kaunas Remand Prison over gross violations

Lithuania’s Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė on Wednesday said she sacked Edvardas Kviatkauskas from director of the Kaunas Remand Prison over gross violations after an in-service check. […]