Politics
Prison Department’s director resigns
Živilė Mikėnaitė, the Lithuanian Prison Department‘s director who earlier this year was temporarily suspended her from duties amid a probe, has stepped down. […]
National Audit Office of Lithuania
Economy
Minister of Environment proposes to set up single forestry enterprise
Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas proposes to establish a single enterprise to manage state forests. […]
Politics
Prisons modernization on for 10 yrs, but with no substantial results
Lithuania does not have a clear and consistent strategy for modernizing its penal facilities. The modernization process has been ongoing for more than 10 years now, but no substantial results have been achieved, the National Audit Office (NAO) said. […]
Politics
Audit office set to cut staff, other bodies may have to follow suit
The Lithuanian National Audit Office (NAO) says that it can work efficiently with a smaller staff, an idea that has met with approval from the new ruling majority who vow to carry out similar reforms in other public institutions. […]
Foreign affairs
Audit finds errors in a sixth of EU-funded projects in Lithuania
Over the last year, an average of every sixth European Union project audited by the National Audit Office of Lithuania was found to have financial errors. […]