Defence
At least 11 MPs hit by massive spam attack
At least 11 Lithuanian lawmakers received 50,0000 spam emails in a massive spam attack on Thursday, the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) said on Friday. […]
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Defence
Group of Lithuanian lawmakers comes under spam attack
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers came under a spam attack on the night to Thursday, the parliament’s IT specialists say. […]
CORPORATE
TS-LKD members are confused: what game is a potential presidential candidate of theirs playing?
More than half a million letters sent out by conservative Vygaudas Ušackas to the Lithuanian people, asking whether it is worth for him to run for president this coming spring. This and other actions by […]
Politics
Adomėnas leaves Homeland Union’s group in Lithuanian parliament
MP Mantas Adomėnas has left the political group of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats in the Seimas following his expulsion from the conservative party. […]
Politics
TS-LKD sacks member for business ties
Lawmaker Mantas Adomėnas has been expelled from the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) for his ties with the MG Baltic business group. […]
CORPORATE
MG Baltic case. How at the group’s behest, a conservative strove to harm Landsbergis and why Steponavičius lowered himself
MG Baltic group VP Raimondas Kurlianskis boasted to a number of high state officials that he maintains close connections with not only the Liberals, but also the Conservatives. From secret data gathered by officers it […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius Mayor Šimašius among Lithuanians blacklisted by Russia
Vilniaus Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says that he is on Russia’s blacklist of Lithuanians barred from entering the country. […]
CORPORATE
M. Bastys’ impeachment: leaving Seimas with many unanswered questions
The political intrigues in Seimas and the vote held on March 13 regarding MP Mindaugas Bastys, who severely breached the Constitution, have been like purgatory: he is leaving Seimas with his head held high and […]
Politics
Seimas discusses marking Year of Jews; community leader shrugs
As the Lithuanian parliament readies to discuss ways of marking the Year of Jews, Faina Kukliansky, the leader of the Jewish Community in Lithuania, has expressed astonishment over failure to discuss the initiative with the organization. […]
Foreign affairs
After the European Court of Human Rights ruling – call for release of imprisoned former Prime Minister of Georgia Ivane Merabishvili
The Chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) Gabrielius Landsbergis and members of the TS-LKD Andrius Kubilius (former Prime Minister of Lithuania), Algirdas Saudargas (Member of the European Parliament), Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė (former Member of the European Parliament), Mantas Adomėnas, addressed today the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Members of the Parliament of Georgia, calling for immediate release of imprisoned opposition politician Ivane Merabishvili, former Prime Minister of Georgia, a TS-LKD public press release states. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian parliament passes ‘Magnitsky act’ (Updated)
The Lithuanian parliament adopted on Thursday the so-called Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations. […]
Politics
Conservative MPs propose to name 2019 as year of Lithuanian Jews
Five parliamentarians of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats propose to designate 2019 as the year of Lithuanian Jews. […]
CORPORATE
Presidential elections: a meat grinder predicted in the centre right
Potential non-partisan, independent presidential candidates are gradually surfacing in the centre right which can be relatively identified as being the electorates of Liberal and Conservative political powers. The names of Gitanas Nausėda, Andrius Tapinas and […]
Foreign affairs
Georgia’s ex-president Saakashvili attends Vilnius protest of Georgia occupation
A protest action against occupation of Georgia’s territories was held in a square in front of the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Tuesday, attended by Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili, Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis and some MPs. […]
CORPORATE
Higher education reform at the finishing stretch – what will follow?
When asked whether the higher education reform will provide universities with the opportunity to negotiate mergers among themselves or whether there will be certain restrictions to abide by, one of the authors of the reform […]
CORPORATE
Bold journalistic experiment with Russian TV propaganda channel left a bitter taste in mouth
The border is crossed by masked men in camouflage uniforms, the first wall of the border gives up without a fight. This is how Ala Davidova, a reporter of the Kremlin-controlled channel NTV, begins her […]
CORPORATE
What black cat has passed between G. Landsbergis conservatives and the Liberals?
When the scandal emerged that through the Parliament members’, liberal Gintaras Steponavičius set up a fund and its associated companies to legal person could finance the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS), public Conservative Party leader […]
CORPORATE
Electoral system changes on the horizon – will the partisanship purge succeed?
The Seimas has once again brought up the idea to prohibit parties from politicising the Chief Electoral Commission’s (VRK) work. Politicians have pledged to detach from VRK work a number of times already, but this […]
Politics
Prosecutor general to ask Seimas to strip MPs Gražulis, Adomėnas of immunity
Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Tuesday will formally ask the Seimas to strip two parliamentarians — Petras Gražulis of the Order and Justice party and Mantas Adomėnas of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) — of their legal immunity. […]
Politics
Conservative MP Adomėnas questioned as witness in MG Baltic probe
Lithuania’s conservative MP Mantas Adomėnas was on Friday questioned as witness in the MG Baltic concern political corruption investigation. […]