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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.

Justas Laucius, the prosecutor representing the state in the MG Baltic political corruption case, has asked Vilnius Regional Court to extend the property rights restriction for Eligijus Masiulis, one of the defendants in the case, to use the 242,400 euros that were found at his home during a search.

Vilnius Regional Court judges has decided not to recuse from hearing the MG Baltic political corruption case. A call for prosecutor Justas Laucius to recuse has also been rejected.

A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties went for trial on Thursday, but the first hearing was adjourned to Friday due to the absence of MP Gintaras Steponavičius, a defendant.

Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday declined to comment on claims by Eligijus Masiulis regarding his email exchange with President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying that politicians' lawful behavior was not part of their pre-trial investigation into a political corruption case involving the former leader of t...

Eligijus Masiulis, former leader of Lithuania's liberals, currently a suspect in a political corruption case, claims to have exchanged emails with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė for at least two years, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes.

Nikolai Philipchenko, an officer of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), has withdrawn his appeal against a Lithuanian court's decision to sentence him to ten years in prison for spying.