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Political integrity

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The updated ManoSeimas.lt website provides an opportunity to find out who participated in the discussions on 865 pieces of legislation in committees during the last parliamentary term

june 09, 2021

Parliamentary committees discussed 865 pieces of legislation 5,6 thousand times between 2016 and 2020, shows the updated website ManoSeimas.lt created by Tran...
Business integrity

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During the pandemic, the scale of fraud using Fintech companies has likely increased

june 03, 2021

During the pandemic, the scale of fraud using financial technology (Fintech) companies has likely increased. Supervisory institutions overseeing money launder...
Political integrity

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Twice as many heads of municipalities publish whom they meet during work

may 18, 2021

Twice as many heads of municipalities, i.e., mayors, deputy mayors, and heads of municipal administration, published their work calendars during the second ye...
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Media transparency

Last year 43 politicians, state officials and their spouses owned 83 media outlets

april 14, 2021

83 media outlets were owned by 43 politicians, state officials and their spouses in 2020. According to the newly updated media monitoring website STIRNA.info,...
Political integrity

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Almost 2 thousand people had long-term permits to enter the Parliament during the last parliamentary term

march 31, 2021

1789 people from at least 195 institutions had long-term access to the Parliament between 2016 and 2020. They discussed various questions in parliamentary com...
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Lithuania has not made progress in the corruption perception index

january 28, 2021

In the latest Transparency International (TI) global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020, Lithuania’s score remains unchanged. Lithuania received a score ...
Political integrity

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9 out of 10 institutions provide the employees with an opportunity to report wrongdoing at work

november 30, 2020

9 out of 10 institutions provide the employees with an opportunity to report possible corruption, illegal or unethical actions at work. However, one out of fo...
Public finance transparency

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Decision makers and monitoring authorities may not have been aware of about one-tenth of the money spent on fighting the pandemic

november 25, 2020

During the first wave of COVID-19, monitoring authorities and decision-makers may not have been aware of 10% of all the money spent on fighting the pandemic. ...