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Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the government, which took office in late 2016, could not have averted a fine of almost 28 million euros that the European Commission imposed on Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) for breaching the bloc's anti-trust rules.
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai
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"That case had been dragging on since 2008. The current government had neither time nor possibilities to deal with this case. All investigations were completed long before the government was appointed," he told reporters on Wednesday.

When asked if the Commission could have made a different

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