Corruption

The Supreme Court of Lithuania on Thursday delivered a judgement in the political corruption case involving MG Baltic company group. Former leader of the Liberal Movement Eligijus Masiulis, former vice president of MG Baltic Raimondas Kurlianskis and MP Vytautas Gapšys remain to be convicted of corr...

On Monday, MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas was interviewed by the Special Investigation Service (STT), which is probing alleged corruption in the defence sector. Kasčiūnas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, is the candidate to replace Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anuša...

The Special Investigation Service (STT) on Wednesday interviewed outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas about his recent statements on alleged corruption in the national defence system, the chief of the anti-corruption agency said.

Outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas on Saturday told President Gitanas Nausėda names of persons allegedly involved in illicit procurement, the president’s adviser says.

Russian citizens who applied but failed to pass the official Latvian language examination or did not take it for justified reasons may obtain a residence permit for a term of up to two years, according to the amendments to the Immigration Law adopted by the Saeima in the second and final reading on ...

Latvia’s parliamentary commission has decided not to lower the age limit for Russian citizens who have to pass the Latvian language exam in order to keep their residence permit, delfi.lv reports.

В Вильнюсе прошла акция "Путин — убийца", приуроченная к третьей годовщине отравления Алексея Навального. На площади им. Винцаса Кудирки собралось свыше 100 человек. Вильнюс — один из 79 городов, где проходило мероприятие.

Акция запланирована на 20 августа на площади Кудирки ( Vinco Kudirkos aikštė) в 14:00. Вильнюс — один из 79 городов, где пройдет мероприятие. Организаторы протеста "Путин — убийца" (https://putin-killer.com/) считают, что без прекращения диктатуры Владимира Путина невозможно прекращение войны и суще...

Aidas Budrys, vice president of the Association of Lithuanian Banks, has been appointed the banking body's acting president after its president Mantas Zalatorius, suspected of corruption, was suspended.

Gintaras Steponavicius, a Lithuanian MP charged with abuse in a high-profile political corruption trial involving MG Baltic, one of the country's biggest business groups, doubts if secret recordings of his conversations and his earlier testimony were correctly reflected in the case.

Petro Vovchuk, a former chairman of the management board at Ukraine's State Food and Grains Corporation wanted in his home country on corruption suspicions, has asked for political asylum in Lithuania, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

„Danske“ ir „Swedbank“ bus sunku atgauti klientų ir reguliavimo institucijų pasitikėjimą.

Lithuania's police is carrying out an international investigation into police corruption in the country's second-largest city of Kaunas, prosecutor Vytautas Kukaitis told a press conference at the Police Department on Wednesday.

In a change of anti-money laundering tactics, Lithuania's authorities open pre-trial investigations even if there are only suspicions about the origin of money, an official said on Wednesday.

Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka says the topic of alleged money laundering via banks often starts to make headlines in the run-up to elections.

A total of 26 persons, including eight judges and five lawyers, were detained in Lithuania on February 20 due to suspected corruption in the country's judicial system, said Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis.

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 Lith...

Lithuania's Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations is making headway in the parliament.

The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case.

Lithuania's parliament will consider the proposal to raise fines for offenses and link the sizes of the fines with the size of the damage, gains by offenders or the size of bribes in criminal investigations.