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Opinion: New Seimas emigration committee is a slap on the face of Lithuanian diaspora

January 21, 2015 Kestutis Eidukonis 0

A few months ago, the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) began a debate on forming a new permanent committee on emigration. […]

Lithuanian parliament will consider launching CIA prison inquiry

January 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, is to be proposed to establish a temporary inquiry commission in the spring session to investigate accusations hurled against Lithuania over its participation in the CIA prisoner exchange and secret imprisonment operations. […]

Order and Justice founder’s son quits party due to “principle” disagreements

January 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

MP Andrius Mazuronis, son of MEP Valentinas Mazuronis, has announced about his decision to leave the parliamentary group of the party Order and Justice. […]

Smear campaign against Lithuanian president in EP points to EFDD

January 15, 2015 DELFI 0

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD), the eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament, has distanced itself from suggestions that it might have something to do with books smearing Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that were distributed to all EP members last month. […]

23 parties to contend in Lithuania’s 2015 municipal elections

December 30, 2014 ELTA EN 0

According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), 23 political parties intend to participate in the municipal elections on 1 March 2015. The deadline to submit application documents to the VRK was Monday, 29 December. […]

Lithuanian security chief: We have nothing to investigate about CIA prisons

December 24, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian State Security Department chief Gediminas Grina told parliament on Tuesday he could not give any new answers about the US Central Intelligence Agency’s secret prisons. […]

Lithuanian Seimas will not consider Criminal Code amendments easing bribery punishment yet

December 23, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that parliament will not consider amendments to the Criminal Code during the parliament’s current session. The Order and Justice party has proposed reducing liability for trading in influence. […]

Lithuanian security chief to be questioned by parliament about CIA prison allegations

December 23, 2014 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania decided on Tuesday to summon the head of the country’s State Security Department, Gediminas Grina, over suspicions that a secret CIA prison, mentioned in the recently-published US Senate’s report on detention and torture of suspected terrorists, could have operated in Lithuania in 2005-2006. […]

Lithuania’s prosecutor general asked MP stripped of legal immunity in corruption case

December 23, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Darius Valys on Tuesday asked parliament to strip MP Rimas Antanas Ručys (Order and Justice party) of his legal immunity to face prosecution for allegedly taking a bribe. […]

Opinion: Nigel Farage, one of Putin’s pawns

December 23, 2014 Ludo Segers 0

It is often said that politicians make for strange bedfellows. Moreover, people are judged by the friends or partners they have in life. In that light, one really should question Rolandas Paksas’ judgement when he invited UKIP’s Nigel Farage to his Order and Justice party congress in Vilnius. […]

Social Democrats remain Lithuania’s most popular party

December 20, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular political party in the country, although its rating has fallen somewhat, according to a Vilmorus opinion poll released by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]

Lithuania’s ruling party summons security chief over CIA torture report

December 15, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice Party is summoning the State Security Department‘s chief Gediminas Grina before parliament to give an explanation about the US Central Intelligence Agency’s “violet” detention site near Vilnius mentioned in the US Senate’s report. […]