Lithuania's Constitutional Court on Tuesday completed hearing in MP Mindaugas Bastys' impeachment case over his alleged ties with people working for the benefit of Russia, pledging to provide a conclusion by the end of 2017.
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The Lithuanian Constitutional Court began on Tuesday a public hearing on MP Mindaugas Bastys' impeachment case.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court will Tuesday hold an open meeting to examine the impeachment case of MP Mindaugas Bastys.
The majority of Lithuania's residents are unhappy with the parliament's performance over the first year after the 2016 parliamentary elections, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency.
Members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party who obeyed the party's decision to pull out of the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union will work in the mixed group at the Lithuanian parliament for now, as they do not have the necessary seven mandates for a new coalition, ...
Lithuania's parliament on Thursday authorized the National Security and Defense Committee to conduct an inquiry into possibly unlawful influence upon politicians , political processes and state institutions.
The Lithuanian parliament will Thursday be presented the parliamentary probe into unlawful influence upon politicians, political processes and state institutions, a bid initiated by Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee.
The Lithuanian parliament's fall session may initiate more impeachment proceedings, in addition to the ones already launched against Mindaugas Bastys and Kęstutis Pūkas, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis.
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.
Thirteen Lithuanian parliamentarians have not applied for permits to work with classified information, although they should have the permits to perform their functions, Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department, said on Thursday.
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday launched impeachment proceedings against Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, over his ties with people working for the benefit of Russia.
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved a conclusion by a special commission that calls for opening impeachment proceedings against Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, over his ties with people working for the benefit of Russia.
A motion by members of the Seimas to open impeachment proceedings against Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the parliament, is justified, the impeachment commission found on Wednesday.
The impeachment commission for Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Lithuanian parliament's Social Democratic Party group, should Wednesday vote on the decision whether there are grounds for initiating impeachment against the MP.
Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, continues to challenge prosecutors' decision not to open a criminal case against the State Security Department's officials and prepares to turn to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
