Special Investigation Service

Jovitas Raškevičius, of the Special Investigation Service STT Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune (2)
Society

Is Lithuania doing enough to fight corruption?

February 23, 2018 Justinas Suliokas and Ludo Segers 0

Corruption has been habitually singled out as one of the major afflictions slowing down Lithuania’s development, a problem put down to the country’s Soviet legacy as well as frailty of its young institutions. Jovitas Raškevičius, of the Special Investigation Service (STT), notes that the effort Lithuania has put into fighting corruption is bearing fruit, while Liudas Jurkonis, of EY’s fraud investigation and dispute services, highlights that business companies need to invest more into their own internal control systems. […]

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Society

Law-enforcement conducting probe into large-scale corruption in Santaros Clinic (Updated)

February 21, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian law-enforcement officials said on Wednesday they they were conducting an investigation into suspected large-scale corruption at Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, one of Lithuania’s major hospitals. […]

2018
Politics

What to watch in Lithuania’s politics, culture, society in 2018

January 2, 2018 BNS 0

Here are some of the major events to watch for in Lithuania’s politics, culture and society in 2018: […]

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Politics

Watchdog group: Liberal Movement grossly breached campaign funding rules

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

A task force of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has proposed finding the Liberal Movement guilty of gross violations of the law on financing of the election campaign, VRK leader Laura Matjošaitytė confirmed to BNS. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
CORPORATE

Tension is growing: Kremlin’s friend Bastys can drag others down with himself

May 31, 2017 Jurga Tvaskiene 0

The Parliament’s Special Investigation Commission is going to present an assessment if there are grounds to initiate impeachment process against Social Democrat Mindaugas Bastys, who is suspected to have non-transparent ties with Russian actors. As […]