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Lithuania's experts have named Darius Jauniskis, director of the country's State Security Department, Zydrunas Bartkus, director of the Special Investigation Service, and Vitas Vasiliauskas, board chairman of the central Bank of Lithuania, as the most influential civil servants in Lithuania, accordi...
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday backed the appointment of Darius Jauniskis as director of the country's State Security Department for a second term.
Lithuania's intelligence did not detect Russia's interference with the recent presidential election, Darius Jauniskis, head of the country's State Security Department, says.
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 ...
Prosecutors have to present the final conclusions over the European Court of Human Rights' accusations that there was a secret American prison in Lithuania more than ten years ago, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD), says.
Lithuania's elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country's civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.
A dispute has on Thursday erupted in the Lithuanian parliament over a proposal to publish information on people who admitted to have collaborated with the KGB, with the parliamentary opposition warning of the Kremlin's interest.
The Lithuanian State Security Department, or VSD, continues to use a building near Vilnius that allegedly housed a secret CIA detention facility for its training center.
Information on the MG Baltic business group's activities was collected for a long time and shows the whole picture after being systemized, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD) says.
The publication of intelligence information on the MG Baltic business group's influence on political processes in Lithuania is aimed at making direct influence on judges about to hear a political corruption case involving MG Baltic, the group said on Tuesday.
The replacement of certain heads of law enforcement and intelligence institutions before 2016 led to a more drastic and effective fight against corrupt interest groups' influence on political processes, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.
MG Baltic President Darius Mockus says that the business group has become the target of people who want to rule the state by using "extinct regimes' methods".
The chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) confirmed on Monday that the panel, which is conducting a probe into interest groups' unlawful influence on politicians, has received a part of declassified information from security services.
After Lithuania's parliament over six months ago rejected the proposal of publishing the names of former KGB agents who had admitted their past, MP Zbignev Jedinskij has again initiated the amendment.
Risks in connection to investments in the rapidly growing sector of financial technologies, also known as fintech, are under control, and the licensing requirements remain high, the central Bank of Lithuania said on Monday.
Lithuania's State Security Department is skeptical about the possibility to introduce electronic voting, says the department's director Darius Jauniškis.
Lithuania's parliament has opened a government's proposal to raise wages for intelligence officers.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is confident that the country's special services will not interfere with "economic processes" at Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva after these services have been allowed to vet large deals by the three privately-owned companies.
