Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ongoing parliamentary investigation into businesses' influence on political processes is selective as it does not cover links between the current ruling bloc and businesses.
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The State Security Department's information on a former prosecutor's close cooperation with the MG Baltic business group's executives is undermining trust in the prosecution service, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says.
Lithuanian Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius has withdrawn his proposal to ban the sale of goods that "distort or belittle the history of Lithuania" following criticism that the move might restrict the freedom of expression.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that politicians will return to discussions on political party funding after the parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense issues the findings in its probe on links between businesses and politics.
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 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.
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.
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.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that MG Baltic is an example of oligarchic activity, but there is no legal basis, at least for now, for stripping LNK, a TV channel owned by the business group, of its license.
Amid a parliamentary investigation into business groups' possible influence on political processes, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no grounds for taking drastic measures against media organizations controlled by large businesses and calls for relying on the media's se...