CORPORATE
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 […]
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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. […]
CORPORATE
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 […]
CORPORATE
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. […]
CORPORATE
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 […]
CORPORATE
How many politicians working in the Parliament are still loyal to Russia?
Mindaugas Bastys, who was recently said to have been operating against Lithuania, cannot be the only person in Parliament who is loyal to Russia. Parliaments’ National Security and Defence (NSGK) Committee members do not reject […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Railways has foreign policy of its own
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) pursues a foreign policy of its own by cooperating with a Russian corporation linked to the military industry, a member of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said. […]
CORPORATE
Will Conservatives ignore ‚Russian skeleton’ in Karbauskis’ wardrobe?
The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a party document titled “The Soft Russia‘s Containment Strategy” (Minkštoji Rusijos sulaikymo strategija“), among the contents […]
Politics
Abromavičius, Šimonytė, Ušackas and Pavilionis among conservatives’ candidates for ministers
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party’s leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections. […]
Society
Lithuanian courts dismiss Saudi’s claim to victim status for CIA imprisonment
Lithuania’s law enforcement has no substantial evidence of a Saudi Arabian citizen suspected of organizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks being brought to a secret CIA detention center in Lithuania, a Vilnius court ruled on Tuesday.
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Defence
Large-scale cyber attack hits Lithuania
The Lithuanian parliament‘s website and the websites of a number of non-governmental organisations were hit by cyber attacks over the last number of days. […]
Society
Lithuanian MP suggests confiscating drones in case of violations
A Lithuanian MP has suggested that violation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation rules should be subject not only to a EUR 100-500 fine but also to the confiscation of a UAV or a free flight aircraft model. […]
Economy
Lithuanian parliament passes law on private investigators
Lithuania’s parliament passed a law on Thursday, regulating the operations of private investigators. […]
Defence
Lithuanian parliament to consider privatisation of arms factory
Rasa Juknevičienė and Arvydas Anušauskas, conservative members of parliament, have addressed Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence Artūras Paulauskas asking to include in the agenda of the nearest meeting the issue of privatisation of arms factory Giraitės Ginkluotės Gamykla. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP asks prosecutors to look into seemingly separatist Facebook page
Arvydas Anušauskas, member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) group in the parliament, has addressed the Prosecutor General‘s Office over a seemingly separatist Facebook page. The MP has requested that prosecutors to identify the administrators of the account called Wilenska Republika Ludowa (Vilnius People’s Republic) on Facebook. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania will have to accept responsibility, if CIA prison allegations prove correct
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said on Wednesday that the reports on alleged CIA-operated prison in Lithuania will have to be investigated by the Prosecutor General‘s Office, and if the information proves correct, Lithuania will have to take responsibility. […]
Politics
Conservatives’ presidium proposes 6 candidates for Vilnius mayor
Presidium of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) has submitted six candidates for Vilnius mayor to the Vilnius gathering. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors launch terrorism probe into calls to join separatists in Ukraine
The chief prosecutor of Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office cancelled the decision of a prosecutor from the Department for Criminal Prosecution not to initiate an investigation into incitement of terrorism. Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas had turned to prosecutors saying that calls on social media to go and support separatist fighters in east Ukraine might be construed as incitement of terrorism. […]
Society
Russian historian Alexander Dyukov – persona non grata in Lithuania for whitewashing Soviet crimes
Alexander Dyukov, a Russian citizen who was not allowed to enter Lithuania earlier this week, is a representative of the Russian special services, using his publications to justify crimes of the Stalinist regime, according to historian and Lithuanian MP Arvydas Anušauskas. […]