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Buvęs kariuomenės kūrėjas, verslininkas, politikas ir Seimo narys Audrius Butkevičius kalėjime praleido pustrečių metų. Jis buvo nuteistas dėl pasikėsinimo sukčiauti, kai iš „Dega“ įmonės vadovo Klemenso Kiršos paėmė 15 tūkst. JAV dolerių, kurie, kaip tvirtina pats politikas, buvo skirti kaip parama...
The Baltic News Agency offers a preview of some of the key political and public events in Lithuania in 2020, including the next parliamentary election, a visit by the French president, and the court's ruling in a high-profile political corruption trial involving Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of...
Eligijus Masiulis, ex-leader of Lithuania's Liberal Movement, accused of accepting a bribe, claims the country's former President Dalia Grybauskaite had asked him to convince representatives of the MG Baltic business group to ensure her positive coverage by media outlets they own.
Something special should be said on a morning such as this. Indeed, elections, which are the most important for most, were just held. Firstly, important because mayors and municipal council members are the closest to the people of all the branches of government. And second, these elections will chan...
The graft case involving eight judges is the greatest blow to Lithuanian judges and courts since independence was recovered. It is correctly emphasised that we should not rush to conclusions and that currently the suspects only stand accused and their guilt has not been proven.
MEP Antanas Guoga has assured he would not participate in any elections together with the ruling Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS), lrt.lt writes.
A generation of young Lithuanians has nearly grown up, which has from birth listened to musings on whether Gitanas Nausėda will participate in the presidential elections. Already in 2009, kindergarteners probably knew how to draw a sun, their mom and the house under the Pūčkoriai Outcrop.
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals rejected Vytautas Gapšys defence attorney’s complaint, which requested the withdrawal of restrictions on the accused, a written pledge to not leave the country, a press release states according to lrt.lt.
Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political parties emerge, draw voters for a few years and then vanish. The Way of Courage, the National Revival Party, A. Paulauskas’ New Union, the Modern Christian Democrat Union, the Lithu...
Vilnius Regional Court is starting viewing video recordings submitted to court as part of the high-profile political corruption case. So far, the court has listened to sound recordings only.
Vilnius Regional Court is set on Monday to continue hearing the high-profile political corruption case.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ruling bloc will not be able to "silence" her by setting up a new parliamentary investigation commission.
Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of the Liberal Movement, pleaded not guilty to all charges in a major political corruption trial on Monday.
Raimondas Kurlianskis, a former vice-president of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's biggest business groups, told a Vilnius court on Monday that he had given 90,000 euros to Eligijus Masiulis, a former leader of the Liberal Movement, as a loan, not as a bribe.
Raimondas Kurlianskis, a former vice-president of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's biggest business groups, said that businesses had been "demonized" and "artificially criminalized" as he gave testimony in a major political corruption trial on Monday.
The former and incumbent members of the parliament and representatives of political parties, standing trial in a political corruption case in Lithuania, do not plead guilty but they all agree to testify in court.
Prosecutors began to read out the indictment in a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties at the Vilnius Regional Court on Tuesday.
