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The leaders of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) on Thursday called for new investigations into businesses' influence on politics.

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.

The Seimas of Lithuanian's Committee on National Security and Defence [NSGK] probe into business groups' influence on politics leave an impression of selectiveness and fragmentation, Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats [TS-LKD], says.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says politicians' accountability for abuse of their official position must be reinforced following the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense's [NSGK] probe into business groups' influence on political pr...

The leaders of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and its junior government coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP), propose to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ongoing parliamentary investigation into businesses' influence on political processes is selective as it does not cover links between the current ruling bloc and businesses.

Several last weeks with the e-mails from Eligijus Masiulis, former Liberal Movement Party leader and who is currently under criminal investigation, a scandal of e-mails from Ms. President with a „tulip“ pseudonym, hidden political influences from the MG Baltic corporation and leaked files from the S...

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is trying to direct attention from the political corruption case by casting a shadow with its statements calling on members of the ruling parties, active in the business area, to "very seriously consider" whether to stay in the parliament, Ramūnas Karbauskis, ...

Povilas Urbšys is leaving the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's political group in the Lithuanian parliament after the latter decided against launching a probe into the situation in the agriculture sector.

Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says CEOs of the groups' companies do not seek to influence political decisions.