The chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), Mindaugas Sinkevicius, confirmed that he would assume the post of prime minister in a new coalition government, ELTA reports. He will replace incumbent Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene, who was appointed in August 2025. Currently, Sinkevicius serves as the mayor of the Jonava district municipality. He…
Hostile states were probably responsible for a massive data leak at Lithuania’s Centre of Registers (VIRC), President Gitanas Nauseda announced, BNS reported. He said that the theft of over 600,000 records from VIRC’s real estate register was a matter of national security. Nauseda slammed the government for not disclosing the data breach until one or…
Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation into a major data breach at the Centre of Registers (VIRC), BNS reports. The investigators said that more than 600,000 records may have been copied illegally from VIRC’s real estate and business registers. The data breach may have originated from abroad. According to 15min, the breach…
