Foreign affairs
Reprieve says new evidence of CIA prison in Lithuania
Reprieve human rights organization says it has sent new documents to Lithuanian prosecutors in connection to detention of suspected terrorists in Lithuania. […]
Prosecutor General
Defence
Society
January 1991 case expected to reach Lithuanian court this summer
Twenty-four years after the attempted coup of 13 January 1991, parties in the case are studying the materials of the exclusive Lithuanian investigation that concluded in the end of last year. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president says there’s no need for new parliamentary probe into CIA prison
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she sees no need to resume parliamentary investigation into an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania, but calls on law enforcement agencies to continue their separate probe. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė’s annual press conference: No dialogue with Russia backing “terrorists” in Ukraine
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that a dialogue with Russia is impossible until Moscow “is engaged in aggression” and supports “terrorists in eastern Ukraine“. […]
Defence
Suspected Lithuanian spy arrested for three months
Vilnius City District Court on Wednesday sanctioned arrest of a Lithuanian army officer suspected of spying and another person he provided information to. […]
Defence
Many Russian spies are operating in Lithuania, expert says
A lot of Russian spies are operating in Lithuania, so it’s likely that the recently-detained Lithuanian Air Force officer worked for Moscow, says Marius Laurinavičius, an analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian parliament urged to once again probe into CIA prison
The Lithuanian Parliament was proposed to establish a temporary inquiry commission and to investigate and assess charges against Lithuania for its purported participation in the secret CIA prison programme. Meanwhile Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Monday it had sent a legal assistance request to the US Department of Justice. […]
Politics
Lithuanian security chief: We have nothing to investigate about CIA prisons
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. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s prosecutor general asked MP stripped of legal immunity in corruption case
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. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian prosecutors set up task force for CIA prison probe
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has set up a special group for investigation of all data about the alleged prison of the US Central Intelligence Agency in Lithuania for interrogation of suspected terrorists, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. […]
Society
Snoras Bank documents transferred from Switzerland to Lithuania
The Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) probe, headed by the Prosecutor General‘s Office, into possible financial crimes committed by the heads and shareholders of bank Snoras has advanced further. […]
Foreign affairs
Former security chief: Lithuania’s help to US counter-terrorism effort didn’t violate laws
Mečys Laurinkus, who headed Lithuania’s State Security Department in 1998-2004, says that the institution assisted the United States in its counter-terrorism efforts during the period, but did not ask for a reward and did not violate laws or international commitments. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM hopes for effective CIA prison probe
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said he hopes prosecutors will investigate reports that a secret CIA detention site could have been operated in Lithuania in 2005-2006. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian prosecutors to ask US for additional data on alleged CIA prison
The Prosecutor’s General Office has said on Wednesday it will ask the United States government for additional information about secret detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists abroad. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania will have to accept responsibility, if CIA prison allegations prove correct
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said on Wednesday that the reports on alleged CIA-operated prison in Lithuania will have to be investigated by the Prosecutor General‘s Office, and if the information proves correct, Lithuania will have to take responsibility. […]
Foreign affairs
US notified Lithuania in advance of CIA prison report, foreign minister says
The United States had notified Lithuania in advance of the publication of the Senate report about prisoner torturing performed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret detention centres, including one possibly in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Lithuanian prosecutors want former presidential aide fined for leaking state secret
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office asks that former presidential adviser Daiva Ulbinaitė be found guilty of leaking a state secret and abusing her powers and be imposed a fine of 32,500 litas (EUR 9,400), her lawyer Giedrius Danelius said. […]
Politics
Anti-corruption agency to investigate former deputy minister and PM Butkevičius
The Special Investigation Service (STT) has launched a pre-trial investigation into possible abuse of office or misuse of powers by former deputy minister of health Gediminas Černiauskas and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]