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On Thursday, construction inspectors visited the estate of Yuri Borisov, former adviser to then president Rolandas Paksas who was impeached and removed from office in 2004 for granting Russian businessman Borisov Lithuanian citizenship. Staff from the State Territorial Planning and Construction Insp...
Authorities have obliged Yuri Borisov to uncover the possibly illegal underground structure in his estate in Trakai district. Russian citizen Borisov is a former donor and adviser to then president Rolandas Paksas who was impeached and removed from office for granting him Lithuanian citizenship.
Aviabaltika, a company based in Lithuania's central Kaunas District and owned by businessmen Yuri Borisov, is making money from orders from Lithuanian border guards and the country's army, the delfi.lt news website reports on Thursday.
A journalist investigation has uncovered facts that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevičius, running in respectively the presidential and municipal elections, are constantly and systematically consulted by public relations consultant Darius Gudelis, the owner...
When the Order and Justice party negotiated with the then still whole Social Democrats to join the latter’s’ coalition, the usual division of posts proceeded. Order and Justice received the post of minister of the interior. It turned out that among them, they lacked a politician capable of handling ...
A fresh attempt to lift a lifetime ban on Lithuania's impeached former president Rolandas Paksas to run in elections, as ordered by the European Court of Human Rights, fell through on Thursday.
Rolandas Paksas, the former leader of Lithuania's Order and Justice party and now a MEP, say he plans to stand as a candidate in the upcoming presidential election in Lithuania next year, irrespective of any circumstances.
Lithuania is facing sanctions if amendments paving the way for Rolandas Paksas to stand as a candidate in elections do not more forward in the Seimas, says Donatas Murauskas, head of the Lithuanian Justice Ministry's Division of Representation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday gave its backing to a draft constitutional amendment that would pave the way for the country's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections.
A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania's impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections passed the first reading in the Seimas on Tuesday.
Russian businessman Yuri Borisov seeks to legitimize an illegal underground facility housing one of Lithuania's longest and most modem shooting ranges as authorities want to demolish it, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Friday.
