After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near future for the first time this year, experts consider that the intelligence services would not […]
The Law on the Lithuanian Intelligence Ombudsperson may also find itself on the shelf of vetoed legislation, Mečys Laurinkus writes in lrytas.lt news portal. According to the draft, the purpose of the law is to […]
The Belarusian regime’s hand reached more than just the flight from Athens to Vilnius. It appears that Minsk was also able to knock our security services down a peg. Why did this happen, asks Tadas […]
The MG Baltic group has presented an amended complaint about the compensation of non-property harm, naming Seimas Committee of National Security and Defence (NSGK) the former chairman Vytautas Bakas as the defendant for his supposed […]
The free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is arguably the most common platform for public accumulation of information. Over time the founders struggled to deal with the increasingly large information flow. Eventually, the ability to edit Wikipedia […]
With little time left to the municipal and direct mayoral elections, political party leaders are pondering, which city and region bastions they will hold on to and where they have chances to break through. The Social Democrats, Liberal Movement and Order and Justice Party remain modest both about increases in their mayors and council members, while the Conservatives and “Farmers”, who remain the most popular parties, believe that they could reach historical victories in the elections, lrt.lt writes. […]
In recent days, the Public Security Service (VST) presented Minister of Interior Eimutis Misiūnas with detailed information on dismissed former VST detachment head, colonel Sandrius Survila. […]
A month ago, Lithuania was the first country in Europe to grant a specialised banking license to the company Revolut, which caused member of Seimas Stasys Jakeliūnas suspicions. The MP contacted the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) and State Security Department (VSD), asking them to check the financial company’s business model and links to Russian politicians, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Wednesday, Revolut founder and head Nikolay Storonsky has released an open letter, where he rejects accusations of the company’s potential links to the Kremlin that have surfaced in the media, lrt.lt writes. […]
The Special Investigation Service (STT) has initiated a pre-trial investigation on suspect large-scale property damage and potentially criminal acts of the company’s former heads, a Ministry of Transport and Communications press release states according to lrt.lt. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has so far not made mistakes, which would bar his path to the office of president. What is being described as the prime minister’s communication mistakes and nonsense may have not only harmed his image, but also served it, Vladimiras Laučius writes on lrt.lt. […]
The head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) head Remigijus Baltrėnas aim to calm passions, which flared after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called upon the intelligence services. The intelligence heads do not reveal, regarding what the PM called on them, however they assure that they have observed no hints of unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) deputy chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė assures that the heads of the country’s intelligence services – the State Security Department (VSD) and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) – on Wednesday did not present any information linked to potential unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
The striking teachers are awaiting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ apology, but he does not appear intent to do so. The team assembled by the PM, which is preparing a long-term public sector wage payment project features neither striking, nor non-striking teachers. The trade union confederation chairwoman stated that the goal is the lowest earning civil servants, but teachers were not mentioned among them, lrt.lt writes. […]
“Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is taking Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ side and is assuring that the latter’s appeal to the intelligence services over potential threats to national security is serious and that he would do the same. However, he does not reveal what names are brought up, only that they are specific. […]
Political scientist Tomas Janeliūnas is convinced that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis seeks to involve intelligence services into political fights by calling upon the State Security Department (VSD) over potential Kremlin influence on the Conservatives. Former heads of the VSD Gediminas Grina and Mečys Laurinkus are also surprised by the prime minister’s actions, lrt.lt writes. […]
Members of Seimas approved the 2019 state budget and municipal budget financial metric project on Tuesday with 84 MPs voting in favour, 41 against and 5 abstaining. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is standing by his words that the Conservatives could potentially be influenced by the Kremlin and states he has called on the intelligence services. […]
Under the guise of their sense of national identity, anti-Ukrainian influence agencies in Lithuania have invited members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), an opposition political party, to Lithuania. […]
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, will propose to increase next year’s budget allocations for the Lithuanian State Security Department, or VSD, by 4.2 million euros, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday. […]
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