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Seimas’ ad hoc commission finds grounds to impeach MP Žemaitaitis

A parliamentary ad hoc commission said on Friday it had found legal grounds to impeach MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis over his antisemitic statements.

Prosecutors question Žemaitaitis over antisemitic statements on social media

Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė told a parliamentary commission on Wednesday that MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis was interviewed a day earlier in a...

MP’s anti-Jewish statements are inconceivable, Israeli diaspora minister says

Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, on a visit to Lithuania, says the antisemitic statements of MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis are...

Žemaitaitis continues to make antisemitic posts despite investigation

MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis continues to share anti-Jewish statements despite previous outrage from international community and has accused Jews of carrying...

Lithuania cannot be imagined without Jewish contribution – foreign minister

Jews were highly important to the Lithuanian state, the country's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said at the Tuesday's meeting with David Harris ,...