Politics
STT hands Klaipėda seaport, Latvijas Tilti bribery case to court
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) has handed to court a criminal case of corruption at the Klaipėda state-run seaport and Latvijas Tilti company. […]
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Politics
Anti-corruption agency to have easier access to corporate financial data
The Special Investigation Service (STT) will be able to gain access to financial data of banks and other legal entities without obtaining a court warrant. […]
Politics
Liberal Movement urges Steponavičius to resign Seimas, party – secretary
Leadership of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement have urged Gintaras Steponavičius to resign from the parliament and the party after being faced with suspicions, Renaldas Vaisbrodas, the party’s executive secretary said. […]
Politics
Political corruption suspicions brought against Lithuanian MP Steponavičius
Suspicions in case of political corruption have been brought against MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, the Special Investigation Service (STT) and the party’s secretariat confirmed to BNS. […]
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What black cat has passed between G. Landsbergis conservatives and the Liberals?
When the scandal emerged that through the Parliament members’, liberal Gintaras Steponavičius set up a fund and its associated companies to legal person could finance the Lithuanian Republic Liberal Movement (LRLS), public Conservative Party leader […]
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Steponavičius’ money laundering for liberals is only the tip of the iceberg
After the prosecutors submitted information about the concern MG Baltic carried out illegal funding through Liberal Movement MP Gintaras Steponavičius support fund and public institution “Center for Liberty Studies“, DELFI is offering access on which active political parties have created public organizations. […]
Politics
Anti-corruption agency mistakenly listened to current Finmin’s phone calls
The Special Investigation Service‘s officials mistakenly listened to telephone conversations of Vilius Šapoka, who is now Lithuania’s finance minister, for more than 20 days in late 2015 and early 2016. […]
Politics
Prosecutors: Money transferred to fund linked with Liberals
MG Baltic, one of the biggest business groups in Lithuania, transferred money to bank accounts of a fund and a public establishment linked with the Liberal Movement, not the party’s accounts, after the party’s former Vice-Chairman Gintaras Steponavičius met with MG Baltic representatives, the Prosecutor General’s Office has said. […]
Politics
MEP Uspaskich questioned as special witness in Alstom trial
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich was on Friday questioned by the Special Investigation Service (STT) as special witness. According to information available to BNS, he was questioned in the probe of large-scale bribery and corruption involving French engineering group Alstom that conducted projects estimated at millions of euros in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Prison Department’s director resigns
Živilė Mikėnaitė, the Lithuanian Prison Department‘s director who earlier this year was temporarily suspended her from duties amid a probe, has stepped down. […]
Politics
Ex-CEOs of Lithuanian Energy, Elektrėnai plant among suspects in Alstom bribery case
In cooperation with the UK law-enforcement, the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) is conducting a large-scale corruption and bribery investigation involving, among other things, a 200-million-euro project carried out by France’s engineering group Alstom at the Lithuanian Power Plant in Elektrėnai and 43 million euros worth of reconstruction of the Kaunas hydro power plant, STT spokeswoman Renata Saulytė has confirmed. […]
Politics
Homes of ex-CEOs of Lithuanian Energy, Elektrėnai plant searched in Alstom bribery case
In cooperation with the UK law-enforcement, the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) is conducting a large-scale corruption and bribery investigation involving, among other things, a 200-million-euro project carried out by France’s engineering group Alstom at the Lithuanian Power Plant in Elektrėnai, STT spokeswoman Renata Saulytė has confirmed. […]
Politics
Prison Department head contests her suspension
Živilė Mikėnaitė, director of the Lithuanian Prison Department, has appealed to a court against the justice minister’s decision to suspend her from duties. […]
Economy
Some Lithuanian municipalities buy social housing above market price – state auditors
The Lithuanian State Audit Office has criticized some municipalities for the way of managing and distributing social housing. […]
Politics
Suspicions brought against Lithuania’s MG Baltic concern
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service has brought suspicions of influence peddling and bribery against MG Baltic, one of the largest concerns in Lithuania operated by Darius Mockus, SIS chief Saulius Urbanavičius confirmed to BNS. […]
Politics
Supreme Court chairman wants embattled judge to step down
Viktoras Aidukas, judge of the Criminal Trials Division at the Supreme Court of Lithuania who has been questioned as special witness in the influence peddling probe conducted by the Special Investigation Service, should step down from office, says Supreme Court chairman Rimvydas Norkus. […]
Politics
Speaker sees prosecutor suspicions as harm to state reputation
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says that the influence peddling suspicions brought by the Special Investigation Service against a Vilnius prosecutor harm the reputation of state institutions. […]
Politics
Ruling party’s mayor in Panevėžys district suspected of abuse of office
Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) has brought suspicions of abuse of office against Panevėžys District Mayor Povilas Zagunis of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) as part of a probe into the local authority’s public procurement activities. […]
Defence
Lithuania updates security strategy
Lithuania’s updated National Security Strategy will highlight corruption and social exclusion as threats, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on January 9. […]
CORPORATE
On Tax Inspection scandal
Dainoras Bradauskas, the head of the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, may have committed disciplinary misconduct, the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on January 4. […]