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. […]

Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

Steponavičius dismisses prosecutor suspicions as “disgraceful”

MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement has dismissed the suspicions expressed by prosecutors as “disgraceful,” adding he had discussed overall political situation, not specific votes with Raimondas Kurlianskis of MG Baltic concern. […]

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. […]

Vilius Šapoka
Politics

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

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. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Gintaras Steponavičius
Politics

G. Landsbergis urges Steponavičius to resign as MP

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. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

MP Bastys acted against Lithuania’s intrests, panel finds

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. […]