Corruption

Russian citizens who applied but failed to pass the official Latvian language examination or did not take it for justified reasons may obtain a residence permit for a term of up to two years, according to the amendments to the Immigration Law adopted by the Saeima in the second and final reading on ...

Latvia’s parliamentary commission has decided not to lower the age limit for Russian citizens who have to pass the Latvian language exam in order to keep their residence permit, delfi.lv reports.

В Вильнюсе прошла акция "Путин — убийца", приуроченная к третьей годовщине отравления Алексея Навального. На площади им. Винцаса Кудирки собралось свыше 100 человек. Вильнюс — один из 79 городов, где проходило мероприятие.

Акция запланирована на 20 августа на площади Кудирки ( Vinco Kudirkos aikštė) в 14:00. Вильнюс — один из 79 городов, где пройдет мероприятие. Организаторы протеста "Путин — убийца" (https://putin-killer.com/) считают, что без прекращения диктатуры Владимира Путина невозможно прекращение войны и суще...

Aidas Budrys, vice president of the Association of Lithuanian Banks, has been appointed the banking body's acting president after its president Mantas Zalatorius, suspected of corruption, was suspended.

Gintaras Steponavicius, a Lithuanian MP charged with abuse in a high-profile political corruption trial involving MG Baltic, one of the country's biggest business groups, doubts if secret recordings of his conversations and his earlier testimony were correctly reflected in the case.

Petro Vovchuk, a former chairman of the management board at Ukraine's State Food and Grains Corporation wanted in his home country on corruption suspicions, has asked for political asylum in Lithuania, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

„Danske“ ir „Swedbank“ bus sunku atgauti klientų ir reguliavimo institucijų pasitikėjimą.

Lithuania's police is carrying out an international investigation into police corruption in the country's second-largest city of Kaunas, prosecutor Vytautas Kukaitis told a press conference at the Police Department on Wednesday.

In a change of anti-money laundering tactics, Lithuania's authorities open pre-trial investigations even if there are only suspicions about the origin of money, an official said on Wednesday.

Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka says the topic of alleged money laundering via banks often starts to make headlines in the run-up to elections.

A total of 26 persons, including eight judges and five lawyers, were detained in Lithuania on February 20 due to suspected corruption in the country's judicial system, said Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis.

Corruption has been habitually singled out as one of the major afflictions slowing down Lithuania’s development, a problem put down to the country’s Soviet legacy as well as frailty of its young institutions. Jovitas Raškevičius, of the Special Investigation Service (STT), notes that the effort Lith...

Lithuania's Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations is making headway in the parliament.

The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case.

Lithuania's parliament will consider the proposal to raise fines for offenses and link the sizes of the fines with the size of the damage, gains by offenders or the size of bribes in criminal investigations.

The Lithuanian parliament has opened its autumn session. Here is a look at the session's potentially most-contentious bills:

The Lithuanian Special Investigations Service (STT) says it has been receiving growing numbers of reports about corruption, which result in about half of all STT probes.

Politicians' ties and influences on energy projects should be scrutinized, says Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee, pledging to propose the initiative to the parliament for its fall session.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized the country's ruling politicians for insufficient efforts against corruption, stating that mechanisms to protect those reporting corruption were not yet in place.

The government has not yet made its decision on the use of 13 million euros paid by Alstom to the country as ordered by a London court in a case in which the French group's Swedish energy unit Alstom Power was accused of corruption in Lithuania.

Lithuania's new parliament of the 2016-2020 term also lacks will to fight corruption, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after the parliament on Tuesday overruled her veto on internal deals in municipalities. This was the first presidential veto rejected by the new parliament.

Последняя история с отмыванием денег, когда из России как предполагают могли вывести около 22 млрд долларов, не окажет значительного влияния на надёжность финансового сектора Литвы, поскольку роль банков страны в этой истории была относительно незначительной, утверждают эксперты.

Сомнительные платежи из Восточной Европы проводили как минимум 27 немецких банков. Самую крупную сумму получил Commerzbank, сообщает Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Согласно расследованию, проведенному газетой Guardian, несколько крупнейших британских банков были вовлечены в международную схему по отмыванию огромных денежных сумм, выведенных из России.

Daivis Zabulionis, deputy director of the Lithuanian Road Administration, has been sacked after nearly a year in office amid corruption suspicions.

Lithuania is well placed to become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as soon as in 2018 if it makes sufficient progress in reforming the management of state-owned enterprises and controlling corruption, OECD Deputy Secretary General Douglas Frantz said in V...