The scope of wiretapping of telephone conversations in Lithuania has fallen in the last year but critics maintain that court control of the practice remains too weak as Lithuanian judges approve more than 96% of requests from prosecutors. […]
On Thursday, Lithuania’s Supreme Court issued a final ruling acquitting former Lithuanian Interior Minister Marijonas Misiukonis in a genocide case for his part in arresting Antanas Kraujelis-Siaubūnas, who is considered to have been the last member of the armed Lithuanian resistance movement. […]
Employers have no right to include non-compete clauses into employment contracts without additional compensation as that would limit a person’s constitutional right to freely choose occupation, Lithuania’s Supreme Court has ruled. […]
It took almost 10 years for a court’s decision regarding the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping in 2004-2006 to come into effect. However, the Vilnius circuit court’s altered decision regarding the sentence for Viktor Uspaskich, the party’s disgraced founder, raised a storm of commentary. Few seem to have expected the appeal court’s decision. How could it be that the accused got away with a tiny fine when they had been working to hide millions? […]
A State prosecutor filed an appeal against the acquittal of presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė on charges of leaking a state secret, stressing at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that President Dalia Grybauskaitė should also be interviewed in the case. […]
Sergey Rachinstein, a businessman wanted by Lithuania on the suspicion of embezzling European Union (EU) funds, was detained in the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam last week. […]
The Supreme Court of Lithuania ruled on Friday to uphold a verdict passed by Stockholm Arbitration court which bound Lithuania not to adjudicate in a dispute with Gazprom. […]
Ukraine‘s Supreme Court Chairman Yaroslav Romaniuk has thanked Lithuania for its support to Ukraine with reforms. […]
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office on Friday lodged an appeal with the country’s Supreme Court against the acquittal of presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė in a state secret disclosure case. […]
A Lithuanian court on Friday allowed continuing with the 90-million-euro worth tender to build an extension to Vilnius western bypass, which was previously suspended by Latvijas Tilti and Kauno Keliai (Kaunas Roads). However, the leading Latvia’s road and bridge construction company and the Lithuanian road building company have already managed to contest this decision before the Lithuanian Supreme Court. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia‘s aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age population. Grybauskaitė also stressed the need to work more on addressing social issues, particularly in childcare institutions. […]
Lithuanian courts can decide whether or not to recognize a Stockholm arbitration award in a dispute between the Lithuanian Energy Ministry and Russia‘s gas giant Gazprom, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Wednesday. […]
Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, is calling a meeting of heads of regional courts on sanctioning monitoring of personal information transmitted via electronic networks. […]
Lithuania’s courts are regaining their prestige but there are many challenges ahead, noted Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, at the meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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