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When suspicions arose that exclusive conditions were granted for certain companies to pay several times lower prices for data at the Centre of Registers, audit was initiated. Now, the audit’s results have confirmed suspicions.

Lithuania's government on Wednesday made a decision which, its representatives say, will create conditions for journalists to get free of charge access to information from the Center of Registers.

The Lithuanian Center of Registers is expected to reopen free access to its data for the media as early as this week under a temporary solution to be approved by the government on Wednesday.

Lithuania's government said it made a principled decision on Thursday to ensure that media representatives get free access to data from the Center of Registers.

The Lithuanian government will next week adopt decisions to give media free access to registry data, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday.

Saulius Urbanavičius, a former head of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, has been appointed as director of the Center of Registers.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis hopes Saulius Urbanavičius, former head of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT), who has won the competition for the position of head of the Center of Registers, will solve the state enterprise's problems.

Saulius Urbanavičius, former head of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT), has won the competition for the position of head of the Center of Registers.

Jovitas Raškevičius and Egidijus Radzevičius have been appointed as deputy directors of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, or STT.

Žydrūnas Bartkus is on Friday taking office as director of Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, or STT.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday gave a go-ahead to the appointment of Žydrūnas Bartkus, 42-year-old master of law, to head the Special Investigation Service (STT), the country's main counter-corruption agency.

The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT), the country's main counter-corruption agency, should mainly focus on public procurement in various fields, says Žydrūnas Bartkus, candidate for director of the institution.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed appointing Žydrūnas Bartkus, deputy director of the Special Investigation Service (STT), to head the agency for five years, presidential adviser Rasa Svetikaitė said on Monday.

Lithuania's parliament is starting the spring session on Saturday – the political season is expected to be hot from the very start, with the parliament scheduled to vote next week on the impeachment of Mindaugas Bastys of the group of non-attached members.

Government chancellor Milda Dargužaitė, central bank governor Vitas Vasiliauskas and public procurement chief Diana Vilytė are ranked as Lithuania's most influential civil servants, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.