Prosecutor General

  • Politics

26 persons detained in Lithuania due to suspected corruption in judicial system

A total of 26 persons, including eight judges and five lawyers, were detained in Lithuania on February 20 due to…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Prosecutors drop tax evasion investigation against VP Group

Prosecutors have announced that they are discontinuing an investigation into alleged tax evasion by shareholders of VP Group, one of…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Prosecutor general asks parliament to strip MP Gapšys of legal immunity

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis on Thursday addressed the Seimas (parliament) with a request to strip Vytautas Gapšys, a Labour…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Prosecutor General wants MP Gapšys’ immunity suspended for corruption investigation

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis has asked the Seimas (parliament) to strip Vytautas Gapšys, a Labour Party MP, of immunity.To…

8 years ago
  • Politics

More anti-corruption investigations coming, Lithuanian Prosecutor General tells politicians

Though Lithuania's political world is still reeling from recent corruption scandals, the Prosecutor General has promised to announce new interrogations…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s central bank wants Lithuanian newspaper ‘prosecuted for false allegations’

The Bank of Lithuania has asked the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate alleged slander by a media group. [...]

8 years ago
  • Politics

‘Let them turn to the Devil himself for all I care’ – MEP Paksas denies allegations of bribe taking

MEP Rolandas Paksas has denied allegations of accepting a bribe, saying that prosecutors' announcement on Tuesday that they would seek…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Druskininkai mayor should suspend party membership while under investigation, says PM

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will suggest that Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas, a fellow social democrat, suspend his membership in the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Deputy agriculture minister steps down amidst suspected corruption in food-for-poor programme

Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė has accepted resignation of her deputy Vilius Martusevičius over alleged corruption in the ministry's food for…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Druskininkai mayor admits paying contractors on property at centre of corruption investigation

Mayor of Druskininkai Ričardas Malinauskas has admitted giving money to contractors who were working on a property that has been…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian prosecutor probes food-for-poor contracts over inflated prices

The Prosecutor General's Office is to investigate public procurement contracts for the government's food for poor programme after it emerged…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Druskininkai Mayor questioned by investigators over resort

Mayor of Druskininkai Ričardas Malinauskas has been questioned by investigators who are probing allegedly questionable motives behind a government decree…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

US to extradite former MP and judge Venckienė to face charges in Lithuania

The US Justice Department has announced it has accepted Lithuania’s request for extradition of former MP and former judge Neringa…

9 years ago
  • Politics

President on Labour Party acquittal: It still pays to steal in Lithuania

It still pays to defraud, steal and avoid taxes in Lithuania, the country's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday, commenting…

9 years ago
  • Politics

President appoints new deputy chief prosecutor

Prosecutor Žydrūnas Radišauskas is to be appointed as deputy prosecutor general of Lithuania, the President's Office said on Monday. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Court of Appeals to give verdict in Labour Party’s fraud case

The Lithuanian Court of Appeals is to hand down a ruling in the Labour Party's bookkeeping fraud case on Monday,…

9 years ago
  • Society

Soviet defence minister indicted in January 13 case

Soviet Union's Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov has been named in the so-called January 13 case in Lithuania. He is accused…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Investigators probe Lithuania’s biggest retail group for alleged illegal activity

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office and the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) are conducting a probe into alleged illegal activities by…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Healthcare minister under suspicion of demanding bribes from hospitals

Lithuania's Minister of Healthcare Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė is being investigated for allegedly demanding bribes from hospitals in exchange for EU support,…

9 years ago
  • Society

January 13 coup suspects may be tried in absentia, Vilnius court rules

Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian citizens charged in the January 13, 1991, coup in Lithuania case may stand trial in absentia,…

9 years ago