Achievements and Obstacles in Lithuania's Combat against Corruption

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 10 (out of 10), Vilnius University, course: Politics and Governments in Lithuania, language: English, abstract: The main objective of this paper is to examine the progress of Lithuaniäs combat against corruption. Therefore it is first necessary to analyse the current situation concering the corruption issue in Lithuania. The second part of this paper will put the focus on the measures taken by Lithuaniäs government to promote Transparency. Further, the main impediments concerning an effective containment of corruption are identified before some conclusions are drawn in the last part of the essay.