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Prosecutor General Evaldas Pasilis has been selected as Lithuania's candidate for the position of a judge at the EU General Court, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevicius confirmed on Thursday.

Lithuania's Prosecutor General Evaldas Pasilis on Tuesday night confirmed the fact that the extradition of former judge and lawmaker Neringa Venckiene from the United States is ongoing but refused to comment on when exactly she would be brought to Lithuania.

A total of 26 persons, including eight judges and five lawyers, were detained in Lithuania on February 20 due to suspected corruption in the country's judicial system, said Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis.

After information being released at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday on spying for Russia in Lithuania, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis also responded. He says he values the efforts of law enforcement and intelligence institutions in seeking to ensure security and stability within the ...

Lithuania's elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country's civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.

Russia's decision to open criminal cases against the Lithuanian prosecutors and judges working on the Jan. 13 case is an attempt to influence their work, Lithuania's Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis says, adding that it runs counter to the democratic principles of justice.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no sense in opening a probe regarding President Dalia Grybauskaitė's email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a major political corruption case.

The replacement of certain heads of law enforcement and intelligence institutions before 2016 led to a more drastic and effective fight against corrupt interest groups' influence on political processes, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

Journalist Tomas Dapkus, as a middleman for the top executives of MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's biggest business groups, was allegedly involved in activities bearing the signs of blackmail, the State Security Department (VSD) said in a document.

The Seimas of Lithuania's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) won't probe the circumstances mentioned in email exchanges between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and former Liberal Movement leader Eligijus Masiulis, charged with corruption, CNSD chairman Vytautas Bakas says.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no grounds, at least for now, for opening a parliamentary investigation into President Dalia Grybauskaitė's email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė does not deny having had email exchanges with Eligijus Masiulis, a former Liberal Movement leader suspected in a political corruption case, but says that she cannot confirm the authenticity of letters published in the media.

Claims that Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė in 2015 discussed candidates for the job of prosecutor general with MG Baltic, one of the country's biggest business groups, are untrue and mislead the public, a presidential advisor said on Monday.

Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday declined to comment on claims by Eligijus Masiulis regarding his email exchange with President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying that politicians' lawful behavior was not part of their pre-trial investigation into a political corruption case involving the former leader of t...

The Lietuvos Rytas daily's report reveals Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's unacceptable behavior of coordinating the appointment of prosecutor general, MP Agnė Širinskienė of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) says.

Following the Lietuvos Rytas report on Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė's email exchange with former liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis, BNS Lithuania provides key known facts.