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Paksas to present candidates for interior minister post
Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, is presenting candidates to the post of minister of the interior to the for minister on Friday. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors ask European Parliament to strip Paksas of immunity
Lithuanian prosecutors have asked the European Parliament to lift the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP and leader of the Order and Justice Party Rolandas Paksas. […]
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Interior minister agrees to resign
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday he was ready to resign, adding that he felt he was being forced out of the post. […]
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Interior minister will be removed, Paksas says
As Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has refused to step down, the prime minister will ask the president to remove him from office, says Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party which nominated the minister to the post. […]
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Paksas calls on Interior Minister to step down after joining Greens
Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party has called on Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who they nominated to the post, to step down after announcing his decision to run for the Peasant and Greens Union in upcoming elections yesterday. […]
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Interior minister says he will only resign if prime minister asks
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says the decision on Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and whether or not he will remain in his post will be made after a meeting with Order and Justice party leader Rolandas Paksas. […]
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Scandals damage Social Democrats ratings but not Order and Justice
While recent corruption scandals are damaging the ruling Social Demcrats’s opinion poll ratings, their coalition partners the Order and Justice party’s ratings seem unaffected by a raft of their own scandals. […]
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Lithuania in “medium-sized” political crisis but coalition likely to remain
Lithuania is currently undergoing a “medium-sized” political crisis, according to Lithuanian political scientists and analysts, but one that should not threaten the current Government’s and ruling coalition’s composition. […]
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Order and Justice Party aims to double party membership to 20,000
Order and Justice party is committing itself to expanding its membership to 20,000 from the current 13,000, said the party‘s leader Rolandas Paksas. […]
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Order and Justice party to unite with about 30 public organisations
During a congress later in March, Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, part of the current ruling coalition, will sign an agreement to unite with various political parties, public committees, non-governmental and public organizations. […]
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Order and Justice party members target Lithuanian prosecutor’s home with protest
Members of the Order and Justice party, part of the ruling coalition party in Lithuania and whose Rolandas Paksas leader has been accused of corruption, held a protest outside the house of Lithuanian state prosecutor, Irmantas Mikelionis, in Vilnius District yesterday. […]
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‘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 his legal immunity stripped was just a continuation of a campaign against him that started in 2004. […]
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MEP Paksas suspected of taking €15k bribe
MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, is suspected of accepting a bribe of €15,000, Lithuanian prosecutors say. Since he is sheltered from prosecution as an elected official, prosecutors are planning to ask the European Parliament to strip the Lithuanian politician of legal immunity. […]
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Influence peddling investigation – key facts
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) broke the news on Monday that it was investigating suspected influence peddling that involves the leader of a ruling party, the head of a major media group and a grocery supermarket chain. Here are the key facts: […]
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Lithuanian political parties still not transparent, says anti-corruption head
The latest round of investigations of politicians by the Special Investigation Service (STT) is yet another signal that political parties in Lithuania are still not transparent, according to Vitalijus Gailius, the head of the Parliamentary Anticorruption Commission speaking on Žinių Radijas. […]
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‘Influence peddling investigation came like bolt from the blue’ – Norfa owner
The supermarket chain Norfa has been named in an influence peddling investigation that involves the leader of one of Lithuania’s ruling parties and the head of the Lietuvos Rytas media group. Norfa owner Dainius Dundulis denies allegations against him and his business. […]
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MEP Paksas offered bribe by owner of Lithuania’s biggest newspaper, say investigators
MEP Rolandas Paksas, leader of the Order and Justice party, was questioned in an influence peddling investigation on Monday. The Special Investigations Service (STT) said the politician was allegedly offered a bribe by Gedgaudas Vainauskas, shareholder of the Lietuvos Rytas daily. […]
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Paksas rejects talks about stepping down as Order and Justice party leader
Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party’s helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party’s list. […]
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Corruption investigation will not affect government functioning, PM says
Corruption allegations made against the Order and Justice party, one of the governing coalition partners, does not threaten the government, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. The party’s future in the coalition will be considered only after a legal verdict is passed. […]