Egidijus Kūris
Foreign affairs

ECHR judge says facts on CIA prison in Lithuania ‘convincing’, can’t be contested

Lithuania’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Wednesday that the Strasbourg-based court’s facts on a secret CIA detention site near Vilnius are quite convincing and cannot be contested. […]

Darius Jauniškis, Vitas Vasiliauskas, Dainius Žalimas
Society

Poll ranks security chief Jauniškis as Lithuania’s most influential civil servant

Lithuania’s elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country’s civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday. […]

Elvinas Jankevičius
Politics

LVŽS leader’s proposed centenary amnesty worth discussion, Lithuanian justmin says

An amnesty on the occasion of Lithuania’s centenary and the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, proposed by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, is worth discussing, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius says. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

Kęstutis Girnius. How reliable is the VSD report?

For a few weeks now, the main attention of Lithuanian politicians and news media has been focused on the State Security Department (VSD) report on the illegal efforts by the MG Baltic group to influence […]