Defence
Group of Lithuanian lawmakers comes under spam attack
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers came under a spam attack on the night to Thursday, the parliament’s IT specialists say. […]
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Jewish community and intellectuals remain unheeded: Vilnius mayor dares not make a decision
In a few days, the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Vilnius ghetto will be marked. How should Lithuania act toward monuments to nazi collaborators, who fought for Lithuanian freedom? Lithuania has recently appeared […]
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Social Democrats turn against the flow: what this will result in
The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) is the only of the major political powers represented in Seimas to not sign the agreement on defence. This step has been met with controversy – criticism has poured […]
Politics
Bank of Lithuania to look into additional info on VIA SMS Group
The Bank of Lithuania will analyze additional information on VIA SMS Group after Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, said earlier the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania includes people who have direct ties with the owners of the collapsed Parex bank. […]
Politics
VIA SMS Group linked to Parex collapse, Lithuanian MP says
Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has called on the government to disclose whether activity of the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania has been assessed in terms of national security. […]
Society
NSGK finds no threat to natl security in religious society’s activity
Lithuania’s parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense is in favor of granting the Baltic religious society Romuva state recognition after it was ruled that the society poses no threat to national security. […]
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Parties lining up their dream presidents
The largest political powers in the country – the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) and the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have begun “celebrating the feast of democracy” and are choosing, who to […]
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R. Bogdanas. To whom in Lithuania did x US millions go to?
It has been long since Lithuania received so much global media attention. We were heard of, but it was inglorious. We were made famous by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that a […]
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Political corruption investigation conclusions in danger: “Farmers” have their own plans
With the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) investigation into suspect political and business links nearing its conclusion, the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken up on how the […]
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The atmosphere between political corruption investigators heats up: accusations fly
With the investigation of illegal relations between politicians and business nearing its conclusion in the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK), the atmosphere is turning red hot – opposition and majority investigators have spoken […]
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Intelligence wolves in sheep’s clothing
A number of individuals related with foreign intelligence agencies work in certain diplomatic representations in Lithuania and the Russian embassy staff being expelled from Lithuania are only the tip of the iceberg. Such “diplomats” enter […]
Society
Seimas willing to rename Genocide Museum into Occupation Museum
Lithuania’s parliament took yet another step to rename the Genocide Museum located in the former KGB building in central Vilnius into the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights. […]
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The year ended, the information war continues
One of the most significant events for Lithuania has been the deployment of the German-led NATO battalion. This was a very concrete deterrence measure against Russian aggression, with the latter performing the Zapad military exercise […]
Foreign affairs
International prosecutor seeks probe of suspected CIA prison on Lithuania
The International Criminal Court‘s prosecutor on Monday asked for authorization to investigate alleged crimes committed during the armed conflict in Afghanistan, including allegations that suspected terrorists were tortured in a secret detention facility in Lithuania. […]
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The cost of R. Vanagaitė’s love
The day when the publishing house decided to have nothing more in common with Rūta Vanagaitė, I met with Efraim Zuroff. The only question I was interested in was what the documents being taken to […]
Politics
Critics say Lithuania should keep Migration Dept amid migration problems
After Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas suggested scrapping the Migration Department, critics maintain that elimination of the institution and transfer of the function to the police could burden handling of the growing migration challenges. […]
Defence
Seimas speaker has no doubts about security panel head’s loyalty to Lithuania
There are no political or legal grounds to doubt the loyalty of Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, to Lithuania, the speaker of the parliament said. […]
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Russian film shown in Lithuania is suspected of being propaganda. Not all agree
Lithuania, 1940. A time when no one knew who was friend or foe; a time when even people close to each other were scared to trust each other. That’s how the distributors as of Friday […]
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Russian ambassador: Lithuania owes Russia 72 billion US dollars
After another May passed placing a flower crown placed near the monument commemorating those that had perished during Lithuania’s road to freedom, with the before mentioned action the Russian ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov raised quite a few eyebrows: could the denier of Lithuania’s occupation, Moscow have changed its mind and is finally admitting the historic fact with all of its potential consequences? The newest interview with the Russian Ambassador to Lithuania dispelled such hopes. […]
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Were surprised only by the Russian Ambassador but not by Russia
The Victims of the Second World War are honoured on 8th of May in Europe and Russia does it a day later. This is why it was surprising when the Russian ambassador to Lithuania Aleksandr […]