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University finds plagiarism in Lithuanian PM’s doctoral thesis, gives 6 months to correct

LRT English30 October 2026, 08:47 UTCLithuania

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius has been given six months to correct plagiarism and other academic writing violations in his doctoral thesis, but a university ethics commission has ruled against immediately revoking his doctorate.

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