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European Parliament Liberal leader backs Uspaskich as Lithuanian Liberals disavow support

March 3, 2016 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Liberal Movement has dissociated itself from the support given by the leader of the European Parliament‘s Liberal Bloc (ALDE), Guy Verhofstadt, to Lithuanian Labour Party founder Viktor Uspaskich, saying it was his personal opinion and not the stance of the political group. […]

Conservatives call for impeachment of Labour MP Gapšys

February 3, 2016 BNS 0

The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) intend to call an extraordinary session of the Seimas (parliament) on February 17 to launch impeachment procedures against Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys. […]

President on Labour Party acquittal: It still pays to steal in Lithuania

February 2, 2016 BNS 0

It still pays to defraud, steal and avoid taxes in Lithuania, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday, commenting on the Court of Appeals verdict in the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping case. […]

Court of Appeals overturns prison sentences in Labour Party case

February 1, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Viktor Uspaskich, a member of the European Parliament and founder of Lithuania’s Labour Party, has been cleared of tax avoidance charges by the Lithuanian Court of Appeals which overturned a previous prison sentence imposed on the politician. He will still have to pay a fine of €6,800 for hiding income and expenses in his party’s accounts. […]

Defendants in the Labour Party case: Marina Liutkevičienė, Vitalija Vonžutaitė, Vytautas Gapšys, Viktor Uspaskich

Court of Appeals to give verdict in Labour Party’s fraud case

February 1, 2016 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Court of Appeals is to hand down a ruling in the Labour Party‘s bookkeeping fraud case on Monday, paving way for the verdict in the case to take effect. […]

Court upholds Soviet officer’s acquittal in war crime case

January 25, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Court of Appeals has rejected prosecutors’ appeal against the acquittal of a former Soviet militia officer in a war crime case. […]

Achema pays €31m in disputed gas taxes

January 6, 2016 LT Daily 0

Achema, the Lithuanian fertilizer and industrial chemicals producer, has paid €31.34 million in gas taxes that it had previously contested. The company says it will continue the legal battle with the state over the issue. […]

Court orders freezing of dairy tycoon assets over row with Swedish investment fund

January 4, 2016 LT Daily 0

A court has ordered the freezing of the assets of businessman Antanas Trumpa, the biggest shareholder in the dairy company Rokiškio Sūris, pending a lawsuit by East Capital. Trumpa says that the claim against him by the Swedish investment fund is “blackmail”. […]

Labour founder Uspaskich to leave party

December 28, 2015 LT Daily 0

Viktor Uspaskich, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament and the founder of the Labour Party, has announced he is leaving the party. […]

Lithuania’s Supreme Court upholds Stockholm Arbitration ruling favourable to Gazprom

October 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Supreme Court of Lithuania ruled on Friday to uphold a verdict passed by Stockholm Arbitration court which bound Lithuania not to adjudicate in a dispute with Gazprom. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]