Lithuania’s parliamentary Ethics and Procedures Commission has unanimously found Nemuno aušra leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis guilty of violating the code of conduct, LRT reported on Wednesday. The commission said Žemaitaitis breached the principle of respect for people and the state by publishing a…

Members of the Nemuno aušra political party’s faction in Lithuania’s parliament say searches carried out at the homes of several party board members have not changed their view of the party, LRT reported, citing BNS. They said they were not considering leaving the faction. “As far as I understand…

LRT reports that one person has been recognised as a victim in a pretrial investigation into a Facebook post by Remigijus Žemaitaitis, a member of parliament and leader of the Nemunas Dawn party. Gintarė Vitkauskaitė-Šatkauskienė, chief specialist at the Communication Division of the General Pros…

Nemunas Aušra party leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis said he sees no reason for his party colleague Daiva Žebelienė to resign as deputy speaker of the Seimas after law enforcement searched her home, LRT reports. “No one has been charged with anything. The investigation is ongoing, which is a normal a…

The Lithuanian Supreme Court has accepted a cassation appeal from Remigijus Žemaitaitis, a parliamentarian and leader of the Nemunas Dawn party who was convicted over antisemitic statements, LRT reported. The case will be heard orally. The date of the hearing will be announced later, the court’s …

Officials are investigating whether the Nemuno aušra political party falsified minutes from a board meeting approving the rental of two politicians’ cars, LRT reports. The Financial Crime Investigation Service on Tuesday searched the homes of five party board members and visited party leader Remi…

The Financial Crime Investigation Service, known as FNTT, searched the homes of five members of the Nemuno aušra political party’s board on Tuesday, LRT and BNS report. The searches were part of a pre-trial investigation into the circumstances of members of parliament renting their cars to the pa…

The Lithuanian Supreme Court received an appeal on Thursday against the convictions of MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis for inciting hatred against Jews and grossly belittling the Holocaust, LRT reported. Žemaitaitis’s lawyer, Vytautas Sirvydis, filed the appeal with the court. The defence is asking the …

Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (VRK) pripažino, kad partija „Nemuno aušra“ ir jos pirmininkas Remigijus Žemaitaitis šiurkščiai pažeidė Rinkimų kodeksą. Pažeidimai susiję su 2024 m. Seimo ir prezidento r…

Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (VRK) pripažino, kad politinės partijos „Nemuno aušra“ ir jos pirmininkas Remigijus Žemaitaitis šiurkščiai pažeidė Rinkimų kodeksą. Įtikinimai pateikti dėl 2024 metų Seimo…

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission has found that the Nemuno Aušra political party and its chairman, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, seriously violated election financing rules during the 2024 parliamentary and presidential campaigns, LRT reported. The decision was not unanimous. The commission foun…

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission (VRK) will decide on Thursday whether the Nemuno aušra party and its chairman, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, seriously violated the Electoral Code in financing their 2024 parliamentary and presidential election campaigns, LRT reported. The commission was due to c…