Corruption

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service on Thursday brought suspicions of abuse of powers against the country's chief veterinary officer Jonas Milius. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The high-profile corruption case, which has already seen suspicions brought against MG Baltic vice-president Raimonas Kurlianskis and former leader of the Liberal Movement Eligijus Masiulis, may implicate more big names.

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis has asked the Seimas (parliament) to strip Vytautas Gapšys, a Labour Party MP, of immunity. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys dismissed government investigators' suspicions that he had taken a €25,000 bribe from MG Baltic vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Judging by the reactions of parties' chairmen and their members to the cronyism and corruption scandals rocking Lithuania's political parties, the leaders of Lithuania's “classical” political parties – the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Social Democrats and the Liberal Movement...

The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Thursday that it is investigating suspicions that a business group has offered a €100,000 bribe to Eligijus Masiulis, the leader of the Liberal Movement.

The fight against corruption and the overhaul of state-owned companies are the key challenges that Lithuania will face on its path to membership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Wednesday.

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office has appealed a ruling in the Labour Party's fraudulent bookkeeping case to the Supreme Court and asked it to send the case back to the Court of Appeals Court re-examination.

Official figures show that Lithuanian lawmakers have been approached by a small number of lobbyists over the last year but experts say the official numbers are just the tip of the iceberg, with actual extent of unofficial lobbying in the Lithuanian parliament much bigger.

A survey has shown that more than half of Lithuanian residents believe that the country's business environment lacks transparency.

Pastaruoju metu į dienos šviesą iškilo net dvi didelį ažiotažą sukėlusios istorijos apie korupciją Rusijoje. Teisės paslaugas Panamoje teikiančios bendrovės turimi ir paviešinti duomenys atskleidė, kad per ofšorines bendroves perėjo netgi 2 mlrd. dolerių (1,77 mlrd. Eur), kurie, kaip spėjama, prikla...

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius believes that the goals of Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman, are correct and should be given the opportunity to become reality.

Though the level of democracy in Lithuania is higher than in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, it still lags behind its Baltic state neighbours of Estonia and Latvia, according to U.S.-based nongovernmental organisation Freedom House.

Former interior minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius has been dismissed from the post of adviser to director of the Lithuanian National Land Service at his own request amid corruption suspicions, the institution has said.

Президент ВТБ Андрей Костин считает "чепухой" расследование, проведенное рядом изданий и организаций на основании утечки материалов панамской юридической компании Mossack Fonseca о том, что президент РФ Владимир Путин якобы связан с офшорными сделками на сумму около 2 млрд долларов с участием людей ...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is among national leaders with offshore wealth, a report by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) as part of huge tax leak dubbed "Panama Papers" revealed Monday.

Rusijos prezidento V. Putino atstovas spaudai D. Peskovas taip pat turi ryšių su ofšorinėmis struktūromis, rodo „Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project“ (OCCRP) paskelbta informacija.

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) has brought suspicions against businessman Tomas Milaknis, CEO of Alna, as part of an investigation into alleged violations during public procurement at the State Social Insurance Fund (SODRA), sources have told BNS.

Corruption could be costing the Lithuanian economy up to €8 billion a year, according to a new study of studies published by the European Union.