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Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, will propose to increase next year's budget allocations for the Lithuanian State Security Department, or VSD, by 4.2 million euros, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday.
Seimas panel head to propose to raise intelligence body funding by EUR 4 mln - media
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The lawmaker told the paper that the extra funding would bring the intelligence agency's spending to last year's level, making it sufficient not only for its day-to-day activities, but also for a qualitative leap.

"Last year, a wage reform was carried out and certain technological breakthrough projects were launched. What we need now is to

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