The State Security Service (VDD) in the so-called “Baltic anti-fascists” criminal case has changed the crime’s qualification to a more severe one – the conduct of…
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Lithuania: military service evasion risks imprisonment
By Dominykas Urbonas on Thursday, February 24, 2022The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence has submitted a feasibility study outlining two possible models for conscription. One of them will include compulsory military service for…
Latvian President rejects latest batch of pleas for clemency
Monday, February 15, 2021Latvian State President Egils Levits – himself a former judge – has turned down another ten pleas for clemency from people convicted of crimes, according…
Estonia to transpose 2 EU directives into national legislation
Friday, July 5, 2019Estonia is to transpose two directives of the European Union into its national law — one on the protection of the Union’s financial interests and…
Lithuanian president to meet with families of border guards killed by Soviets in 1991
Friday, June 28, 2019Lithuania’s outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite is meeting on Friday with family members of border guards and police officers killed by the Soviets at the Medininkai…