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Karolis Broga

Findings of a parliamentary inquiry into the case of the State Security Department’s (VSD) whistleblower Tomas Gailius were published on Tuesday. An ad hoc commission probed how the VSD collected information during the previous presidential election campaign in 2018-2019. MP Vytautas Bakas, who chai...

Karolis Broga

President Gitanas Nausėda has doubts about the findings of an ad hoc parliamentary commission that carried out an inquiry into the case of Tomas Gailius, an employee of the State Security Department (VSD) who raised alarm about the activities of the intelligence agency during the 2019 presidential e...

Karolis Broga

On Monday, MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas was interviewed by the Special Investigation Service (STT), which is probing alleged corruption in the defence sector. Kasčiūnas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, is the candidate to replace Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anuša...

Justina Vaišvilaitė-Braziulienė

The Board of the Seimas has tightened the procedure for the use of parliamentary allowances amid criticism leveled at a number of MPs for overspending. Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says more steps will certainly come to improve the regulation.

Justina Vaišvilaitė-Braziulienė

Over twenty organisations raising funds for Ukraine have voiced their support for MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, current chair of the Seimas security committee, as next defence minister. The move comes after a number of mostly human rights NGOs sent a letter to the president asking not to approve the nomina...