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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.

A Vilnius court said on Friday that its first hearing in the major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties is scheduled for June 7.

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.

Several last weeks with the e-mails from Eligijus Masiulis, former Liberal Movement Party leader and who is currently under criminal investigation, a scandal of e-mails from Ms. President with a „tulip“ pseudonym, hidden political influences from the MG Baltic corporation and leaked files from the S...

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.

Lithuania's MG Baltic business group has called the State Security Department's claims about businessmen's attempts to influence the Competition Council and the Liberal Movement a "misunderstanding" and "absurd".

Elonas Šatas, a deputy chairman of Lithuania's Competition Council, pushed for backing MG Baltic business group's bid to acquire shares of Alita, one of the largest alcohol producers in Lithuania, according to a report by the country's State Security department.

Lithuania's MG Baltic business group sought the election of Vitalijus Gailius as leader of the Liberal Movement, following the arrest of the party's previous chairman Eligijus Masiulis, the State Security Department says.

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.

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.

Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says CEOs of the groups' companies do not seek to influence political decisions.

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...