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Dailius Dargis, crime reporter and author of criminal biographies, has been released from detention on suspicion of trading in influence.

The Lithuanian Court of Appeals has upheld the sentence of Jonava Mayor Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who was convicted of abuse, forgery of a document, or possession of a forged document, as well as misappropriation property.

The Regional Administrative Court has ruled that Russian citizen Yury Borisov, backer of former president Rolandas Paksas, who was impeached and removed from office in 2004, poses a threat to Lithuania’s national security.

Vilnius City District Court on Friday allowed tracking Šarūnas Stepukonis, former partner of BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, suspected of embezzling and gambling away about EUR 40 million of the fund’s money.

Private equity fund BaltCap has filed a EUR 16.6 million lawsuit against its former partner in Lithuania Šarūnas Stepukonis and gambling company Olympic Casino Group Baltija, and its Estonian shareholder OB Holding 1, reports business news website vz.lt.

MP Saulius Skvernelis, chair of the opposition Democrats For Lithuania group, is convinced that mandates of the convicted members of parliament should be annulled together with the court’s decision.

Lithuania's Prosecutor General's Office announced on Wednesday it's handing the former Snoras bank's criminal case to court.

Lithuania's government plans to allocated over 350,000 euros in compensation to former staff of a court in the city of Ukmerge for mercury poisoning.

A Russian citizen suspected of attacking and wounding four staff members with a knife at a grocery store in Vilnius told a Lithuanian court on Tuesday he fears persecution in Russia.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Courts, which allow filming, broadcasting and photographing pronouncement of court verdicts.

Court of first instance in Lithuania find 97 percent of persons on trial guilty, shows statistics published on Wednesday.

A Vilnius court on Friday ruled to extradite a Belgian citizen to the US to face charges of drugs trafficking.

Hearings of the Vilnius County Court were interrupted on Wednesday after one of the lawyers fell ill in the courtroom. Ambulance was called to the courthouse and the hearing was adjourned.

Judge Pranas Šimkus in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has withdrawn from hearing the case of Jonas Gailiūnas, 87, a former Soviet secret service agent who is standing trial for the deportation of Lithuanian people during the Soviet times.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, endorsing the government's proposal to nominate Virgilijus Valančius for the post of a judge of the European Union (EU) General Court, the President's Office said on Monday.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized to competence of prosecutors who drafted the indictment for the trial of former Soviet OMON leaders, noting that there are reasons to appeal against last week's court ruling which cleared the former OMON officers of all charges.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has decided to nominate Kaunas regional court chairman Nerijus Meilutis for prosecutor general's post.

People's trust in law enforcement, including the police, prosecutors and courts, in Lithuania is now the highest in 15 years, according to the results of a public survey, published on Saturday.

Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, is calling a meeting of heads of regional courts on sanctioning monitoring of personal information transmitted via electronic networks.

Courts in Lithuania satisfy 99 percent of requests from prosecutors to wiretap telephone conversations, statistics show.