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.
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Žydrūnas Bartkus, former head of the Special Investigation Service (STT), has announced he is leaving for Moldova.
On Thursday, prosecutors made allegations against Mayor of Jonava District Mindaugas Sinkevičius for misuse of allowances for expenses.
Around half of Lithuanians say that their trust in local government has decreased after the so-called receipts scandal, a survey conducted by Baltijos tyrimai for the public broadcaster shows.
The presidency says law enforcement institutions need a transparent funding model to avoid any political influence on their activities.
The Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Friday that a prosecutor has handed in his resignation letter following media reports that he attempted to solicit sex from a teen.
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Friday morning that it had opened an investigation into suspected bribery in Vilnius City Clinical Hospital.
Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service has granted the status of a special witness to another member of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' team, adviser on health issues Jonas Kairys, as part of an ongoing investigation into the procurement of rapid coronavirus tests.
Sarunas Narbutas, the president of the Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition (POLA), is suspected of influence peddling in an investigation into a 6-million-euro procurement of reagents for coronavirus tests, the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Tuesday.
Aldas Rusevicius, board chairman and CEO of construction company Kauno Tiltai, was on Tuesday detained as part of the ongoing corruption investigation, Elena Martinoniene, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General's Office, told BNS on Wednesday.
Systemic corruption is the most dangerous and its initiators pose the biggest threat as experience shows they are often former officers, Zydrunas Bartkus the director of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (SIS) says.
Lithuanian Transport Minister Jaroslav Narkevic turned on Friday to prosecutors over an alleged libel, the Transport Ministry said.
The number of hybrid disinformation and cyber attacks in Lithuania is rising and they are becoming bolder and more advanced as more resources and forces are being allocated for them, cyber security specialists have warned in their annual report.
Vytautas Bakas, former chairman of Lithuania's parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, who has information on alleged unlawful collection of information by the State Security Department, says he will seek an parliamentary investigation into the information provided by an intelligen...
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has expressed his trust in law enforcement and intelligence services and warned that the dissemination of unsubstantiated information might pose threat to statehood.
Lithuania's State Security Department on Wednesday strongly denied the information provided by an intelligence officer that it allegedly collected information on people who were part of then presidential candidate Gitanas Nauseda's circle and diplomat Vygaudas Usackas.
Ex-Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says people were hired in the transport sector during his term after competitions which considered candidates' professionalism, not personal ties.
Lithuanian prosecutors and the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Monday they a conducting a new influence-peddling investigation involving the mayor of the northern city of Panevezys.
There are risks of corruption in the process of restoring Lithuanian citizenship, the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Friday.
The Supreme Court of Lithuania's recent ruling imposing search restrictions involving judges will impede investigation of corruption crimes, Zydrunas Bartkus, head of the country's Special Investigation Service, warned on Tuesday.
