Vytautas Gapšys
Society

Bad news from the courtroom for V. Gapšys

On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals rejected Vytautas Gapšys defence attorney’s complaint, which requested the withdrawal of restrictions on the accused, a written pledge to not leave the country, a press release states according to lrt.lt. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

Kęstutis Girnius. The changed Lithuanian political landscape

Politics does not stand in place, change is a near constant even if the changes are often insignificant. New political parties emerge, draw voters for a few years and then vanish. The Way of Courage, the National Revival Party, A. PaulauskasNew Union, the Modern Christian Democrat Union, the Lithuanian Freedom Union, the Labour Party, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party – this is only part of the political parties, which formed after the re-establishment of independence, most forming after the year 2000. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President says parliamentary probes won’t silence her

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the ruling bloc will not be able to “silence” her by setting up a new parliamentary investigation commission. […]

Raimondas Kurlianskis
Politics

Businesses in Lithuania ‘demonized’, ‘ criminalized’ – MG Baltic’s ex-exec in court

Raimondas Kurlianskis, a former vice-president of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, said that businesses had been “demonized” and “artificially criminalized” as he gave testimony in a major political corruption trial on Monday. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis, Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president calls LVŽS resolution on new parliamentary probe “revenge”

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says a new parliamentary investigation into unlawful influence of businesses on politicians, initiated by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), is revenge of oligarchs currently standing trial. […]