The European Court of Human Rights' ruling on a CIA prison in Lithuania is "impracticable", Karolina Bubnytė, the Lithuanian government's representative at the ECHR, says.
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Audrius Kamienas who is currently acting managing director of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant but has just won the competition for the top job at the facility, carrying out decommissioning projects worth hundreds of millions of euros, says transparency will be his main priority.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday approved the conclusions of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense's probe into unlawful influence on political processes, in which Russia's Rosatom and Lithuania's MG Baltic business groups were named as threats.
The leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) expects the Seimas to set up a new parliamentary commission to continue the Committee on National Security and Defense's (NSGK) investigation into interest groups' influence on political processes.
Interest groups' interference in Lithuania's political process was systematic and went on for years, which cannot be tolerated, the chairman of the parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) said on Tuesday.
Media owners in Lithuania should be subjected to the same requirements as investors in the country's strategic companies, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), will on Tuesday present the findings of a parliamentary investigation into business and interest groups' influence on political processes and decision-makers to the full Seimas.
Lithuanian prosecutors refused on Monday to open a pre-trial investigation regarding the disclose of a document from the State Security Department (VSD) in the media.
Lawmakers' proposals on new requirements for television owners and managers might increase the media's dependence on politicians, a media expert warns.
The state could recover estimated 1.5 billion euros in alleged damage done by business groups' influence on political processes, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), says following the committee's investigation.
The Seimas of Lithuania's Committee on National Security and Defense on Friday registered the conclusions of its parliamentary probe into business groups' influence on political process and its annexes on the legal act base.
Russian-made radar equipment that is used by Lithuania's state-owned air navigation service provider Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) is not compatible with Lithuania's national security interests, the parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) has said after completing its probe ...
The leaders of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) on Thursday called for new investigations into businesses' influence on politics.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he backs the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense's (NSGK) proposal to establish the institution of intelligence ombudsman to help ensure better control of security services.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense's conclusions regarding business groups' influence on politicians will lead to amendments and new instruments to make political processes more transparent.
The conclusions of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence probe into business groups' influence on politics, approved on Wednesday, have drawbacks but the probe itself was necessary, Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of the opposition Liberal Movement, says.
