Special Investigation Service

Prosecutors say that it would be inappropriate to decide on whether to dismiss Jonas Milius, Lithuania's chief veterinary officer who is suspected of abuse of office and document forgery, while he is on vacation. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Suspicions of power abuse brought by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) against the country's chief veterinary officer Jonas Milius came unexpected to many parliamentarians. Some politicians say the shadow cast by the investigation will burden the operations of the State Food and Vet...

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.

Albinas Januška, Lithuanian politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party, a signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act and once the ultimate éminence grise, gives a scathing analysis of the country's domestic politics and the ills affecting the European Union.

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

The head of Latvia's biggest road and bridge construction company Latvijas Tilti is suspected of having bribed an official at Klaipėda Seaport in Lithuania to secure lavish contracts worth over €10 million. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The Special Investigation Services (STT) arrested two people in the port of Klaipėda on Thursday during a raid held as part of an investigation into potential corruption in the port city. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Officers of the Special Investigation Service (STT) have raided homes and offices of two liberal politicians on Friday as part of a suspected bribery investigation that involved the Liberal Movement party and MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's biggest business groups.

MP Eligijus Masiulis, who is facing charges of bribe taking and influence peddling, said after being questioned by prosecutors that he was ready to prove his innocence.

MP Eligijus Masiulis, who has suspended his leadership of the Liberal Movement pending investigation into suspicions that he could have accepted a bribe, arrived at the Prosecutor General's Office on Monday.

In this photo, Liberal Movement chairman Eligijus Masiulis faces questions from reporters on the Special Investigation Service's (STT) investigation into allegations that he accepted a bribe of €100,000 from the MG Baltic business group.

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.

Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas and former members of the Druskininkai branch of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party are forming a new movement.

The European Parliament will consider Lithuanian prosecutors' request to strip Rolandas Paksas, the Order and Justice party's leader, of his immunity as an MEP.

Deputy director of the Lithuanian National Land Service, former minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius, was detained by law enforcement officers on Wednesday. The Special Investigation Service says he is suspected of influence trading.

The Lithuanian prime minister is meeting with MP Povilas Gylys who has been proposed for the post of minister of the interior on Friday.