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Lithuania: Authorities investigating allegations on attack against Russian opposition leader

Via BalticaSeptember 29, 202401 mins

Lithuanian authorities are investigating allegations that Russian opposition leader, businessman Leonid Nevzlin, was behind an attack against another exiled Russian opposition leader, Leonid Volkov, in Vilnius in March 2024, BNS reports. Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the allegations made by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) were “serious,” but called on politicians to wait for the…

Latvia: US removes ABLV Bank from money-laundering list

Via BalticaSeptember 26, 202401 mins

The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has removed Latvia’s ABLV Bank from its list of financial institutions posing a risk of money laundering, LSM reports. The European Central Bank revoked ABLV’s banking licence in 2018 after FinCEN added the bank to the list. ABLV’s liquidation is now nearly complete, and the bank…

Estonia: Officials again deny accident in Balticconnector case

Via BalticaSeptember 25, 202401 mins

Estonian officials have again refuted suggestions that the rupture of the Balticconnector gas pipeline and two data cables in the Baltic Sea by the Chinese cargo ship, NewNew Polar Bear, in October 2023 was an accident, ERR reports. “You would need to find a very stupid captain” for the incident to have been an accident,…

Lithuania: Pilot scheme to combat drug use, smoking in schools

Via BalticaSeptember 25, 202401 mins

The Lithuanian government has launched a pilot scheme to combat the use of narcotics and smoking in schools, LRT reports. Seven schools in Vilnius, Klaipeda, and Alytus will take part in the pilot programme, placing students under closer surveillance. The aim is to develop a joint response plan to prevent drug use and smoking. The…

Latvia: Notorious organised crime boss arrested

Via BalticaSeptember 25, 202401 mins

A notorious leader of organised crime in Latvia has been arrested in an international operation, LSM reports. Latvia’s State Police, in cooperation with Europol and the Spanish National Police, detained 16 people, including 10 in Latvia and 6 in Spain. The group is suspected of selling narcotics and of large-scale money laundering. Police confiscated marijuana,…

Latvia: Unvaccinated boy dies of diphtheria

Via BalticaSeptember 23, 202401 mins

A four-year-old boy in Latvia died of diphtheria at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital (BKUS) in Riga on 16 September 2024, LSM reports. The boy was unvaccinated for the preventable disease. Four children, including two of the dead boy’s sisters, were treated for diphtheria at the hospital. The parents, who took the sisters out of…

Lithuania: Man charged for painting Russian war symbols in Klaipeda

Via BalticaSeptember 23, 202401 mins

A resident of Lithuania’s port city of Klaipeda has been charged with violation of public order after painting Russian war symbols on several buildings, BNS reports. The man painted the letter Z, which symbolises support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, on several buildings, cars, billboards, and a church bell in Klaipeda, BNS reported….

Latvia: Tax authority to check construction sector wages

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

Latvia’s State Revenue Service (VID) will contact 260 construction companies that are paying atypically low wages to their workers, LETA reports. Speaking in an interview with LTV, VID director general Baiba Smite-Roke noted that the companies were paying wages that were significantly lower than the average. The aim was to ascertain whether the companies were…

Lithuania: Lawyer sentenced to prison for spying for Belarus

Via BalticaSeptember 21, 202401 mins

Lithuania’s Vilnius Regional Court has found Lithuanian lawyer Mantas Danielius guilty of spying for Belarus, ELTA reports. The court sentenced him to nine years in prison. The ruling is subject to appeal. The investigation found that Danielius had spied on the exiled Belarusian opposition in Lithuania and passed on the information to a journalist at…

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Lithuania: Authorities investigating allegations on attack against Russian opposition leader

Latvia: US removes ABLV Bank from money-laundering list

Estonia: Officials again deny accident in Balticconnector case

Lithuania: Pilot scheme to combat drug use, smoking in schools

Latvia: Notorious organised crime boss arrested

Latvia: Unvaccinated boy dies of diphtheria

Lithuania: Man charged for painting Russian war symbols in Klaipeda

Latvia: Tax authority to check construction sector wages

Lithuania: Lawyer sentenced to prison for spying for Belarus

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