National Audit Office

The Lithuanian State Audit Office has criticized some municipalities for the way of managing and distributing social housing.

The Lithuanian National Audit Office (NAO), which in previous years identified certain irregularities in the use of compensation funds for Jewish religious communities' immovable property, says that the latest audit of the Good Will Foundation, which administers the money, has revealed no problems.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė thinks that problems regarding government-subsidized medicines have been "maliciously ignored" until now and that this issue will be a test of confidence for the country' new Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga.

Lithuania is not properly prepared for for extreme situations, the National Audit Office said after inspecting government institutions in charge of civil protection and response in emergencies. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuania's highest auditing body has stated that the administrative buildings that the Vilnius City Municipality built for itself and the Vilnius county administration more than 10 years ago was incorrectly managed. Because of this, the Vilnius City Municipality has failed to fulfill its obligation...

Lithuanian citizens still have a tough time accessing data about how state institutions are using taxpayer’s money.

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.

Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that 2015 was a breakthrough in tax collection for Lithuania and that extra revenue is projected for 2016.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she is going to sign the 2016 budget, endorsed by parliament last week, into law, although it has been criticised by the European Commission and the National Audit Office.

After the second reading of the draft state budget, leader of the Seimas opposition Andrius Kubilius criticised the governing parties for their "trite attitude" towards the findings of the National Audit Office and the European Commission.

The National Audit Office of Lithuania has issued a warning that the draft state budget for 2016 is on the verge of breaching fiscal rules and that Lithuania is not ready to counter financial shocks. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has dismissed the criticism and said that budget revenue figures...

The National Audit Office criticised Lithuania's national budget for 2016, saying it was based on excessively optimistic tax collection expectations. Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius has dismissed the remarks.

The National Audit Office of Lithuania has completed the audit of 60 municipalities. The auditors found systematic problems in the fields of planning and allocating municipal budget, borrowing, organizing free meals for school students, ensuring civil safety, road and street maintenance, municipal d...

After the Finance Ministry has submitted proposal for the 2016 state budget, which envisages a slightly bigger fiscal deficit than this year, the National Audit Office says this raises the risk for long-term sustainability of government finance. President Dalia Grybauskaitė warns that Lithuania migh...

Implementing the Public Audit Programme of 2015, National Audit Office of Lithuania has already conducted one third of the financial (regularity) audits and prepared their reports. The report of the audit of the Ministry of Economy has been presented to the public - how Ministry as well as instituti...

The number of older people in Lithuania is rising (in 1990, pensioners represented 19 percent of the total population, in 2014 - 22.4 percent), the need for social services is increasing, however the supply of services remains poor and hardly accessible, the National Audit Office says.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia's aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age...