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Seimas allows filming, broadcasting, photographing court rulings
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Courts, which allow filming, broadcasting and photographing pronouncement of court verdicts. […]
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Hearings of January 13 coup case adjourned as lawyer falls ill in court
Hearings of the Vilnius County Court were interrupted on Wednesday after one of the lawyers fell ill in the courtroom. Ambulance was called to the courthouse and the hearing was adjourned. […]
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Lithuanian judge born in deportation removes himself from hearing Soviet agent case
Judge Pranas Šimkus in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has withdrawn from hearing the case of Jonas Gailiūnas, 87, a former Soviet secret service agent who is standing trial for the deportation of Lithuanian people during the Soviet times. […]
European Union
Lithuania nominates Valančius to EU General Court
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, endorsing the government’s proposal to nominate Virgilijus Valančius for the post of a judge of the European Union (EU) General Court, the President’s Office said on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president sees “problem on both sides” in OMON officers’ trial
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized to competence of prosecutors who drafted the indictment for the trial of former Soviet OMON leaders, noting that there are reasons to appeal against last week’s court ruling which cleared the former OMON officers of all charges. […]
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Lithuanian president proposes Kaunas judge for chief prosecutor
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has decided to nominate Kaunas regional court chairman Nerijus Meilutis for prosecutor general’s post. […]
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Trust in Lithuania’s law enforcement at 15-year high
People’s trust in law enforcement, including the police, prosecutors and courts, in Lithuania is now the highest in 15 years, according to the results of a public survey, published on Saturday. […]
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Lithuania’s top court to hold meeting on sanctioning wiretapping
Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, is calling a meeting of heads of regional courts on sanctioning monitoring of personal information transmitted via electronic networks. […]
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Lithuanian courts okey 99 percent of wiretap requests
Courts in Lithuania satisfy 99 percent of requests from prosecutors to wiretap telephone conversations, statistics show. […]
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Lithuanian courts need to make rulings more understandable and well-reasoned, Supreme Court chief says
Lithuania’s courts are regaining their prestige but there are many challenges ahead, noted Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, at the meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry summons Italian ambassador over dropped extradition case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday summoned Italian Ambassador to Lithuania Stefano Maria Taliani De Marchio over an Italian court‘s decision to drop the extradition case of a Russian citizen who is a suspect in the 13 January 1991 case in Lithuania. […]
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Politics
Vilnius vice-mayor pleads not guilty on corruption charges
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Romas Adomavičius of the Social Democratic Party has told a court that he is not guilty of corruption, adding that the case against him is a provocation. […]
Economy
Lithuanian court orders Viasat to pay EUR 2.2 million for copyright infringements
A Lithuanian court has ordered Estonian-registered Viasat, the largest digital satellite TV operator in the Baltics, to pay a total of 7.45 million litas (EUR 2.2m) to three copyright associations for illegal retransmission of programs produced by other broadcasters, including TV3, LNK and the BBC. […]
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Lithuanian court opens second case into murder of anti-Soviet resistance commander
Kaunas Regional Court on Tuesday opened one more case into the murder of Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]
Economy
Lithuanian court rules in favour of Snoras Bank creditors
Vilnius Regional Court has delivered a judgment in favour of 26 claimants against Snoras Bank and the third party, the state enterprise Deposit and Investment Insurance. The court annulled the signed bond agreements and deposit certificate acquisition agreements. […]
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Eglė Kusaitė’s terrorism case handed to Supreme Court
The Prosecutor General’s Office has turned to the Supreme Court of Lithuania with an appeal against the acquittal of Eglė Kusaitė, a young Lithuanian woman who was originally convicted for terrorist attempt in Chechnya. […]
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