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About 100 explosive objects found in garage on Sadovnikova Street
25.07.2014About a hundred explosive objects were found in a garage on Firsa Sadovnikova Street in Riga yesterday, the majority of which were artillery shells, informs LETA reffering to National Armed Forces.
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Latvian Saeima agrees to fast-track criminal processes involving state officials
29.05.2014In the final reading today, Latvian Saeima passed amendment to the Criminal Process Law, which will foresee fast-tracking criminal processes involving state officials, reports LETA.
Lithuanian Seimas ratifies Council of Europe Convention on Prevention of Terrorism
14.03.2014With regard to the President's decree and following the Constitution, Lithuania's Parliament has ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, reports LETA/ELTA.
Reduction in number of prison inmates in Latvia observed in 2013
12.03.2014At the moment, at the beginning of 2014 there are 5,112 persons locked up in Latvia's prisons, which is about 1,000 less inmates when compared to the same period last year, reports LETA, referring to information from the Latvian Prison Administration.
Lithuania opens probe into CIA 'black site' allegations
21.02.2014Lithuanian prosecutors said on Thursday they have opened an investigation into claims that a Saudi terror suspect was held in an alleged secret CIA jail in the Baltic state, reports LETA/AFP.
Seimas adopts law amendments aimed against telephone scams in Lithuania
Lithuanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Criminal Intelligence authorizing the Prison Department under the Ministry of Justice and subordinate subdivisions to carry out criminal intelligence in detention facilities, informs LETA/ELTA.
Death penalty under discussion in Lithuania
After the cruel crime in Panevezys city, Lithuania's Speaker of the Seimas Vydas Gedvilas said that he would consider the opportunity of the death penalty to be restored in Lithuania, informs LETA/ELTA.
Baltics’ people attitude towards EU
