Lithuania's opposition, unhappy with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' responses, wants the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense to investigate the story of the deleted government meeting recording.
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Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, invited Palestinians to set up a representative office for the Baltic countries in Vilnius and called for closer security cooperation between Lithuania and Israel.
MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business group, is claiming 20,000 euros from Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), in compensation for non-material damage to its reputation.
The Seimas opposition blocked on Thursday the ruling bloc's unexpected proposal to give the greenlight for the government to borrow money not only for increasing the defense budget, but also for providing funding to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
The Lithuanian Seimas is set to launch a new parliamentary investigation into political corruption during the tenure of previous governments.
The Seimas accepted on Thursday the resignation of Edmundas Vaitekūnas as chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK).
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday gave the green light for setting up a new commission to investigate unlawful influence on political processes during the tenure of two previous governments.
Lithuanian lawmakers are expected to decide on Tuesday whether or not to open a new parliamentary investigation into influence on political processes and public authorities.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, will pay an official visit to Israel in mid-October.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no threats as to China's investments in Lithuania, adding that all potential investors are evaluated in a responsible way.
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis doubts that Chinese investment into the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda might affect the country's internal politics. He says he has not seen the alleged report from the State Security Department over threats posed by Chinese investment.
The Bank of Lithuania will analyze additional information on VIA SMS Group after Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, said earlier the Latvian...
Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has called on the government to disclose whether activity of the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS G...
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), expects the Seimas to hold hearings in the fall on whether the country's key energy projects are in line with its national security interests.
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will continue efforts to prove that information in a State Security Department (VSD) report about MG Baltic's influence on it is untrue after the party and the intelligence agency failed to reach an amicable agreement during a preliminary court hearing on Monday.
