Corruption

  • Society

SODRA public procurement contract under investigation

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) has brought suspicions against businessman Tomas Milaknis, CEO of Alna, as part of an investigation…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Corruption costing Lithuania up to €8bn a year – EU study

Corruption could be costing the Lithuanian economy up to €8 billion a year, according to a new study of studies…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Corruption main obstacle to economic freedom in Lithuania, US economist says

Lithuania scored well on this year's Economic Freedom of the World index, which put it in the 19th spot, ahead…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Scandals damage Social Democrats ratings but not Order and Justice

While recent corruption scandals are damaging the ruling Social Demcrats’s opinion poll ratings, their coalition partners the Order and Justice…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Replacing government now would be ‘irresponsible’, president says

Replacing the government months before general elections would be "irresponsible", Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday, after the Social…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice party members target Lithuanian prosecutor’s home with protest

Members of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition party in Lithuania and whose Rolandas Paksas leader…

9 years ago
  • Politics

‘Let them turn to the Devil himself for all I care’ – MEP Paksas denies allegations of bribe taking

MEP Rolandas Paksas has denied allegations of accepting a bribe, saying that prosecutors' announcement on Tuesday that they would seek…

9 years ago
  • Society

70 percent of Vilnius taxis involved in €2 million fraud case

On Monday, 22 Vilnius taxi companies and 27 individuals were named in a case involving allegations of corruption among Vilnius'…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Corruption scandals hit government and prime minister’s ratings

Corruption suspicions in several Lithuanian ministries have severely damaged the government's ratings, a new poll shows. Popularity of Prime Minister…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Environment and agriculture ministers’ jobs under threat if caught lying to PM

The ministers of environment and agriculture will have to go if they are caught lying about investigations they are currently…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

‘We need to stand together as Lithuanians against Belarus nuclear plant’ – Landsbergis

The Restoration Parliament Chairman Vytautas Landsbergis has called on all Lithuanians to unite in opposing the Astravyets nuclear power plant…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

IMF warns Ukraine it will pull €35bn bailout unless corruption stops

The International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that will halt its €35 billion bailout programme to Ukraine unless the country…

9 years ago
  • Society

‘Not one conviction for bribing doctors recorded in Lithuania in 7 years’

Not a single conviction for bribing a member of the medical profession in Lithuania has been recorded in the seven…

9 years ago
  • Politics

PM questioned in construction fraud investigation

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius was questioned by Special Investigation Service (STT) officers investigating construction fraud in Druskininkai. [...]

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Abromavičius resignation should trigger re-evaluation of Kiev ties

It is little wonder that the resignation of Aivaras Abromavičius, Ukraine’s Lithuanian-born Minister of Economy, has created a political uproar…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Politics

PM must accept responsibility for corruption in his cabinet, president Grybauskaitė says

The prime minister has to take responsibility for corruption scandals that have rattled his cabinet in recent months, said Lithuanian…

9 years ago
  • Society

Over 120 Lithuanian border guards convicted of corruption in 10 years

More than 120 officials of the State Border Guard Service have been convicted of corruption in the last decade, with…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Druskininkai mayor admits paying contractors on property at centre of corruption investigation

Mayor of Druskininkai Ričardas Malinauskas has admitted giving money to contractors who were working on a property that has been…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania’s corruption levels ‘closer to Mozambique than Denmark’

Lithuania's corruption levels are more similar to a Soviet state than an EU country, because the extent of bribery in…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanian politicians will ‘do whatever they can get away with’ – political scientist

Many Lithuanian politicians have no moral standards at all and will do whatever they think they can get away with,…

9 years ago