Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Security officers considered subjecting MP Bastys to polygraph test

Lithuania’s embattled lawmaker Mindaugas Bastys says that the State Security Department’s decision not to grant him a top security clearance was subjective and that his contacts with people representing the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom‘s interests were not regular. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Seimas sets up panel for Bastys impeachment

Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday set up an ad hoc commission for impeachment against MP Mindaugas Bastys. […]

Darius Jauniškis
Politics

Lithuanian laws allow disclosing info on people not cleared for classified docs

Lithuanian laws allow making public information about people seeking access to classified documents, the director of the State Security Department (VSD) said on Friday. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker mentions impeachment for Bastys, PM sees no grounds

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said that the parliament might open an impeachment procedure against Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys, if he does not decide to step down from the Seimas leadership and the parliament itself after the State Security Department refused to give him access to classified information due to his personal links with criminal figures and representatives of Russian energy companies. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Bastys resigning from parlt vice-speaker but keeps mandate

Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys has told BNS he was stepping down from the post of parliamentary vice-speaker amid the suspicions of shady relations with criminal figures and representatives of Russian energy companies, however, plans to keep his MP mandate. […]