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The Labor Party's popularity in Lithuania is rising after its founder Viktor Uspaskich took the lead again. Meanwhile, a report published by the State Security Department has pushed the liberals' rating down, a new survey shows.
A Lithuanian parliamentary committee, carrying a probe into interest groups' illicit influence on the political system and state institutions, should draw up its conclusions this week but a vote on them might be postponed.
The Lithuanian has this week turned to the Prosecutor General's Office over the combined heat and power (CHP) plant projects developed in Vilnius and Kaunas by the state-owned energy group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy), Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday.
The board of Lithuania's Liberal Movement has decided to turn to court over information published by the State Security Department, allegedly damaging the party's reputation.
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...
Lithuania's Migration Department this week rejected a political asylum application submitted by nationalist Yuri Gorsky who fled Russia last year. He plans to appeal.
Vitalijus Gailius, a member of the opposition Liberal Movement, says he disagrees with the State Security Department's claims that he's a favorable person for the MG Baltic business group.
Lithuania's MG Baltic business group has called the State Security Department's claims about businessmen's attempts to influence the Competition Council and the Liberal Movement a "misunderstanding" and "absurd".
Elonas Šatas, a deputy chairman of Lithuania's Competition Council, pushed for backing MG Baltic business group's bid to acquire shares of Alita, one of the largest alcohol producers in Lithuania, according to a report by the country's State Security department.
Lithuania's MG Baltic business group sought the election of Vitalijus Gailius as leader of the Liberal Movement, following the arrest of the party's previous chairman Eligijus Masiulis, the State Security Department says.
MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business group, on Wednesday asked a court to declare as untrue certain information provided by the State Security Department (VSD) in a report to lawmakers.
Journalist Tomas Dapkus says he named Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) officials, who he claims are taking revenge on him by reporting defamatory information, during his testimony before the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) on Wednesday.
The "deal politics" has damaged Lithuania's whole political system and that needs to be fixed, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.
Information on the MG Baltic business group's activities was collected for a long time and shows the whole picture after being systemized, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD) says.
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.
The Seimas of Lithuania will not investigate the situation in the agriculture sector. The parliament made the decision after considering the opposition's proposal to launch a parliamentary probe for a third time.