Economy

Prosecutors to look into Air Lituanica’s legality

Vilnius City Municipality has turned to the Prosecutor General‘s Office asking to investigate if the capital of airline Air Lituanica was formed legally. […]

Nerijus Meilutis
Politics

Lithuanian parliament votes down president’s candidate for prosecutor general

Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday voted down the nomination of Kaunas regional court chairman Nerijus Meilutis to the post prosecutor general, as proposed by the president. […]

Uncategorized

Lithuanian prosecutors to appeal against acquittal of OMON officers

Lithuanian prosecutors have decided to appeal against the court ruling to clear former commanders of the Soviet special militia unit OMON of charges, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Friday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president delivers State of the Nation address: The world is not a peaceful place

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia‘s aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age population. Grybauskaitė also stressed the need to work more on addressing social issues, particularly in childcare institutions. […]

Romualdas Lipskis
Defence

Spying suspect tells court Belarusian agent was interested in US planes landing in Vilnius

Lithuanian citizen Romuald Lipskij, a former employee of state company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation), accused of spying for Belarus, says Sergey Kurulenko, an agent of the Chief Intelligence Board of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff, wanted to know the numbers of US planes landing in Vilnius Airport. […]