Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has proposed establishing a new ministry responsible for regional policy, BNS reports. Speaking at a forum of regional policymakers in Vilnius, Nauseda said that the new ministry would help increase the autonomy of local governments and coordination between different ministries. He suggested that the new ministry could take over functions from the Interior Ministry and other ministries. Currently, the Interior Ministry only had a small team responsible for regional policy, Nauseda noted. He argued that ministries often failed to take into account the needs of local communities, villages, towns, cities, and municipalities.
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