2003-12-02 04:00:00 PDT Moscow-- A Lithuanian Parliament investigation concluded Monday that President Rolandas Paksas' office has links to organized crime that "menace national security," prompting ...

On June 22, five days before the Lithuanian presidential election runoff, the Special Investigations Service (SIS) raided the offices of four political parties, seized financial and other documents, ...

The president of Lithuania has been voted out of office by parliament on charges of corruption. The impeachment vote brings to an end the corruption scandal that has been hanging over Lithuania for ...

LITHUANIA: Lithuanian president, Mr Rolandas Paksas, refused to resign yesterday, defiant despite near-certain impeachment after weeks of relentless pressure over allegations that he had links to ...

Rolandas Paksas Prague, 6 April 2004 (RFE/RL) -- The Lithuanian Parliament voted by a narrow margin today to remove President Rolandas Paksas from office, ending a nearly seven-month scandal in the ...

Rolandas Paksas is a flamboyant former aerobatics champion who came from a business background to become the surprise winner of Lithuania's February 2003 presidential election. In less than seven ...

The impeachment and removal of Lithuania's President Rolandas Paksas on corruption charges aroused mixed feelings in the capital Vilnius. His opponents heralded the impeachment process as a triumph ...

Mr Paksas is now an MEP in a group opposed to deeper EU integration The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Lithuania was wrong to bar former President Rolandas Paksas from running for ...