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The conclusions of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence probe into business groups' influence on politics, approved on Wednesday, have drawbacks but the probe itself was necessary, Eugenijus Gentvilas, leader of the opposition Liberal Movement, says.

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.

The Seimas of Lithuania's Committee on National Security and Defense, currently carrying out a probe into interest groups' influence on politicians, is also interested in journalist Tomas Dapkus working for a TV channel owned by MG Baltic, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes.

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...

Eligijus Masiulis, former leader of Lithuania's liberals, currently a suspect in a political corruption case, claims to have exchanged emails with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė for at least two years, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes.

Another judge of the Vilnius Regional Court has disqualified himself from hearing a major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s decision to reject Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister is surprising, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Eligijus Masiulis, former leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has rejected the allegations in the political corruption probe, saying that prosecutors failed to include evidence that could prove his innocence into the case.

Raimondas Kurlianskis, former vice-president of the Lithuanian MG Baltic concern, is charged with paying bribes to politicians for influence to adoption of laws, determining winners of public procurement tenders and appointment of officials, law-enforcement said on Tuesday.

A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania's largest business groups, and two political parties, the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party, goes to court this week.