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Prosecutors ask Government to look into how Gediminas Hill was maintained
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office is not opening, at least for now, a public interest case over damage done to Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, but is asking the government to initiative a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances. […]
Society
Lithuanian court tells prosecutors to ask US for more info on fraud suspect
A Vilnius court told the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office to ask the United States for additional information about Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in America on large-scale fraud charges. […]
Defence
Lithuanian firms plan to go ahead with data center project
AmberCore DC and Arcus Novus, the developers of a data center project suspected of links to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), have reached a deal with prosecutors to annul their transactions that had received a negative opinion from a government commission, the State Security Department and the Prosecutor General’s Office. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s railway company turns to prosecutors over former executives’ operations
The new top executives of the Lithuanian state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LG) have turned to prosecutors over about 5 million euros in damages caused to the company by possibly non-transparent operations of its earlier chiefs. […]
Politics
Seimas panel in favor of impeachment of MP Pūkas
he Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc commission has proposed initiating impeachment proceedings against MP Kėstutis Pūkas charged with sexual harassment, the commission’s chairperson Dovilė Šakalienė of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union confirmed to BNS. […]
Politics
MG Baltic financially supported Liberal Movement – prosecutors
Prosecutors have found that MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, financially supported the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, although this is prohibited by law. […]
Politics
Several women file sexual harassment complaints against MP Pūkas
Three young women on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office, claiming that they had been sexually harassed by Kęstutis Pūkas, a member of the Seimas. […]
Society
Criminal intelligence scope up
The scope of criminal intelligence in Lithuania has increased, with collection of information sanctioned for 5,150 persons last year, which is an increase by 15 percent from 2015, according to data provided by the Prosecutor General’s Office to BNS. […]
Politics
Vilnius prosecutor probe linked to Labour Party’s case at Supreme Court
A pre-trial investigation in which Rita Aliukonienė, head of the First Division of Criminal Prosecution at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office, is suspected of influence peddling is related to the hearing of the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s case by the Supreme Court, officials at the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday […]
Politics
Prosecutors hail president’s amendments, lawyers find them too abstract
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday put forward amendments that would enable prosecution of financial offenders who have fled the country. […]
Society
Prosecutors drop probe on Vilnaus students’ participation in camps in Russia
Lithuanian prosecutors have dropped an investigation into participation of Vilnius school students in camps in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]
Politics
PM sees January developments over Druskininkai as ‘putsch’
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a “putsch” was plotted against him while he was away on holiday in January. […]
Politics
Lithuanian financial ministers to be investigated for malfeasance
Artūras Zuokas, the leader of the opposition in the Vilnius city council, has called for an investigation into malfeasance by ministers of finance in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Loan or repayment ‘most frequent defence in corruption trials’ – investigator on Masiulis’ case
A loan or repayment of loans is the most frequent defence in corruption crimes, says Saulius Urbanavičius, the head of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service conducting probes of political corruption. […]
Politics
Lithuanian President: Defence minister must step down
Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas must step down because of the scandal over the army’s overpriced purchases that discredits not only the national defence system, but also the state and the Social Democratic Party, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania will not seek to have Gorbachev appear in court in January 13 case
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, will not be part of the court proceedings in Lithuania which try to bring to justice individuals responsible for civilian deaths during the attempted coup of January 1991 in Vilnius. […]
Politics
Former liberal leader questioned in influence peddling investigation
Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of the Liberal Movement party who has been named a suspect in a political corruption investigation, has been summoned for questioning at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s chief prosecutor refuses to attend MPs’ meeting
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis has refused to attend a meeting of the political group of the ruling Social Democratic Party. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s most wanted fugitive to be handed over from Vietnam this week
Vietnam is to hand over Sergey Rachinstein, a businessman sentenced for tax fraud, to Lithuania on Thursday, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]