Are you a Lithuanian government minister, or even vice minister or ministry secretary? Need a place to stay? Fancy a really, really nice location?
Well, just go to the Government's Chancellory Estates Department; they'll sort you out with a lovely flat in the most desirable location in Vilnius (Turniskes) for 180 lt per month. See here and here.
For comparison, a 12 square metre room in a [probably dingy] student hostel costs 170 lt per month, and you would not get much of a flat in the open market for less than 2000 lt.
Beneficiaries of the government's largesse currently include the deputy culture minister and composer Gintaras Sodeika (his own flat is being done up - aaah, the soul, he could not hear himself think, never mind compose in such an environment), various ministry secretaries (similar to vice ministers, but not - apparently - political appointments) and others. The Prime Minister is spitting blood and says if this is really the case, the guilty parties will be punished.
The head of the estates department says that they tried several times to correct the rental price for these flats, but a decision was not made, and they themselves cannot change anythings. 'Our hands are tied, guv'.
I would now urgently look for some other places to stay, if I were a tenant in those apartments - on the other hand, how long will it take to make a decision on these thing?
Well, just go to the Government's Chancellory Estates Department; they'll sort you out with a lovely flat in the most desirable location in Vilnius (Turniskes) for 180 lt per month. See here and here.
For comparison, a 12 square metre room in a [probably dingy] student hostel costs 170 lt per month, and you would not get much of a flat in the open market for less than 2000 lt.
Beneficiaries of the government's largesse currently include the deputy culture minister and composer Gintaras Sodeika (his own flat is being done up - aaah, the soul, he could not hear himself think, never mind compose in such an environment), various ministry secretaries (similar to vice ministers, but not - apparently - political appointments) and others. The Prime Minister is spitting blood and says if this is really the case, the guilty parties will be punished.
The head of the estates department says that they tried several times to correct the rental price for these flats, but a decision was not made, and they themselves cannot change anythings. 'Our hands are tied, guv'.
I would now urgently look for some other places to stay, if I were a tenant in those apartments - on the other hand, how long will it take to make a decision on these thing?
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