Gintautas Kėvišas
Politics

Minister of Culture says has no legal basis to sack Vilnius opera house director

Lithuanian Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson says that there is no legal basis to fire Gintautas Kevišas, the director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT), who has defied calls to resign. […]

Lithuanian flag
Politics

Lithuania celebrates 27 yrs of restored independence

Lithuania is celebrating on Saturday, March 11, the 27th anniversary of restoration of independence, with concerts, solemn ceremonies and exhibitions planned across the country. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker mentions impeachment for Bastys, PM sees no grounds

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said that the parliament might open an impeachment procedure against Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys, if he does not decide to step down from the Seimas leadership and the parliament itself after the State Security Department refused to give him access to classified information due to his personal links with criminal figures and representatives of Russian energy companies. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Bastys didn’t pass security filter due to Rosatom, ex-KGB links

Lithuania’s Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys did not get a permit to work with classified information due to his personal links with representatives of Russian energy companies and the criminal community, a former KGB agent and a pro-Kremlin journalist, shows a report from the State Security Department. […]

Mindaugas Bastys with president Dalia Grybauskaitė on March 8
Politics

Seimas speaker: Bastys must resign from Seimas leadership amid security materials

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday urged Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party, to step down from the post of parliamentary vice-speaker. […]