Special Investigation Service

  • Politics

Lithuania seeks to be among most transparent EU countries by 2025

Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Service (STT) Romas Zienka says that in 2025 Lithuania should come within the top…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania may stop acquisition of Russian border surveillance equipment

The installation of surveillance equipment with Russian-produced seismic sensors has not been started yet. And its acquisition might be halted…

10 years ago
  • Society

Eleven arrested over bribery allegations in Lithuania’s pharmaceutical industry

Eleven representatives of a pharmaceutical company have been detained in Lithuania's major cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys…

10 years ago
  • Society

Interior minister denies reports that Russian criminals are granted residence in Lithuania

Russian citizens Akhmed Yevloyev and Oleg Shamanin have not been granted residence permits in Lithuania, the criminals are not on…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian company says it has no information on suspects in France’s Alstom case

Lithuanian company Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba (Lithuanian Energy Production) says it has no information on any allegations against former staff members…

10 years ago
  • 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…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice party nominates TV producer Skaisgirys to run for Vilnius mayor

The Board of the Order and Justice party decided to nominate TV producer Rolandas Skaisgirys to run for the Vilnius…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Former Lithuanian interior minister questioned as special witness in corruption case

Former Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas was on Friday questioned as a special witness in an ongoing…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice party going to court over searches in its offices

Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party intends to take to court the Special Investigation Service (STT) over the searches carried…

10 years ago
  • Politics

President would not comment on whether Lithuanian interior minister should resign

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on the suitability of Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas to continue as interior minister.…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Conservatives threaten to remove Lithuania’s minister of interior

The parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union will initiate interpellation against Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, unless…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s interior minister says he will not resign

Lithuania's Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas of the Order and Justice party says he has no intentions of resigning amid…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian governing party’s headquarters searched amidst corruption investigation

Agents from Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday searched the headquarters of the country's ruling Order and Justice party…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Visaginas mayor detained on suspicions of office abuse

Dalia Štraupaitė, mayor of the Visaginas municipality in eastern Lithuania, is in detention, Panevėžys prosecutors have confirmed. [...]

11 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian court finds tapping reporters’ conversations unlawful

A Vilnius court ruled on Thursday that wiretapping of telephone conversations of BNS journalists was unlawful. [...]

11 years ago
  • Politics

Presidential adviser: Lithuania won from deputy ministers’ blacklist story

Virginija Būdienė, Senior Advisor to the President on Education, Science, Culture and Non-Governmental Organisations, has noted that there are no…

11 years ago
  • Politics

Opposition leader: Ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of common sense

According to Andrius Kubilius, former prime minister and leader of the Seimas opposition, the ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of…

11 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM says making “blacklist” public is mistake

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that making the so called blacklist of deputy ministers public has been a mistake, as…

11 years ago