Virginija Baltraitienė
Politics

Baltraitienė leaving Labour Party

Virginija Baltraitienė, Lithuania’s former agriculture minister and MP, has sent a letter to members of the Labour Party over the weekend, informing about her plans to leave the party. […]

Dainoras Bradauskas
Politics

Former tax chief challenges decision to sack him

Dainoras Bradauskas has appealed against the Lithuanian finance minister’s decision to sack him as head of the State Tax Inspectorate (STI). […]

Povilas Žagunis
Politics

Ruling party’s mayor in Panevėžys district suspected of abuse of office

Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) has brought suspicions of abuse of office against Panevėžys District Mayor Povilas Zagunis of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) as part of a probe into the local authority’s public procurement activities. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Lithuania didn’t demand choice of another location for Astravyets N-plant – Seimas speaker

Lithuania did not contribute to the choice of a different location for the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which is being built in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis, adding that the only thing the country can do now to stop the project is to restrict access of the plant’s electricity to the Lithuanian market. […]

Mantas Adomėnas
Politics

Conservative MP Adomėnas questioned as witness in MG Baltic probe

Lithuania’s conservative MP Mantas Adomėnas was on Friday questioned as witness in the MG Baltic concern political corruption investigation. […]