Rima Urbonaitė
CORPORATE

R. Urbonaitė. Bells toll ever louder for the Liberal Movement

Already after the Liberal Movement (LS) chairman elections it was only left to wonder, what could be expected next. The election of old-new chairman Eugenijus Gentvilas raised many doubts over the party’s ability to perform […]

Remigijus Šimašius and Eugenijus Gentvilas
Politics

Liberal Movement to turn to court over State Security Dept. info

The board of Lithuania’s Liberal Movement has decided to turn to court over information published by the State Security Department, allegedly damaging the party’s reputation. […]

Prof. Algis Krupavičius
CORPORATE

A few notes about the Augean stables of Lithuanian politics

Several last weeks with the e-mails from Eligijus Masiulis, former Liberal Movement Party leader and who is currently under criminal investigation, a scandal of e-mails from Ms. President with a „tulip“ pseudonym, hidden political influences from the MG Baltic corporation and leaked files from the State Security Department about politico-business relations at least partially opened the curtain of the backstage „kitchen“ of Lithuanian politics. Although it was not a big surprise to the insiders of national politics that instead of kitchen of politics we might be brought suddenly to the Augean stables. And exactly this has happened. A smell and picture here are far from nice. […]

Alita sparking wine
Politics

Competition watchdog’s member pushed for backing MG Baltic in Alita deal – State Security Dept.

Elonas Šatas, a deputy chairman of Lithuania’s Competition Council, pushed for backing MG Baltic business group’s bid to acquire shares of Alita, one of the largest alcohol producers in Lithuania, according to a report by the country’s State Security department. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

“Deal politics” has damaged political system, Lithuanian president says

The “deal politics” has damaged Lithuania’s whole political system and that needs to be fixed, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]