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Prosecutors have to present the final conclusions over the European Court of Human Rights' accusations that there was a secret American prison in Lithuania more than ten years ago, Darius Jauniškis, head of Lithuania's State Security Department (VSD), says.
The Lithuanian state investment program earmarks more than 7.7 million euros for completing the construction of a complex of buildings of the State Security Department, or VSD.
The Seimas accepted on Thursday the resignation of Edmundas Vaitekūnas as chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK).
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.
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.
Russian-capital company Yandex.Taxi, providing ride-sharing services in Vilnius, says it has five partners but only several of them have experience in the taxi business, and the remaining ones were established less than a year ago.
Lithuanian MP Audronius Ažubalis, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, on Friday called for eliminating the Russian-capital Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing service in Lithuania after receiving a response from the country's State Security Department.
Lithuania's State Security Department recommends people who might be of interest to Russian special services not to use the Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing app.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis advises Lithuanians not to use the Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing application which he says collects excessive user data.
Lithuania's National Cyber Security Center on Monday warned against using the Yandex.Taxi ride-sharing app.
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has turned to Lithuanian's Competition Council, asking for an investigation into whether Yandex.Taxi advertising does not run counter to the country's laws and does not mislead consumers.
Vilnius authorities will on Thursday turn to the State Security Department (VSD) over business activity of Russian-capital company Yandex.Taxi in Lithuania, with the VSD refusing to comment.
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.
Vilnius will repeatedly ask Moscow to allow Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen convicted of spying in Russia, to serve his sentence in Lithuania.
Arcus Novus, the developer of a data center project near Vilnius, and its majority shareholder, Denmark's SatGate Holding, pose a threat to national security as they are linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) through their direct and indirect shareholders, a court has ruled.
