The Prime Minister of Lithuania was caught plagiarizing his doctoral thesis. Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkibičius included plagiarism in his doctoral thesis on alcohol consumption, which he defended in 2015. The fact was determined by the Ethics Committee of the ISM University of Management and Economics. According to the committee's findings, Sinkevičius' scientific work contains "significant violations of academic writing, citing and indicating sources, including instances of plagiarism." It was also determined that the author violated the principle of independence of scientific work established in the ethical code of the university according to media in Lithuania, the committee gave the prime minister six months to correct the violations identified in the doctoral thesis. Sinkavichios was quick to announce that he allegedly independently analyzed the data and drew conclusions, but admitted to the identified violations and promised to correct everything in time.

The Prime Minister of Lithuania was caught plagiarizing his doctoral thesis. Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkibičius included plagiarism in his doctoral thesis on alcohol consumption, which he defended in 2015. The fact was determined by the Ethics Committee of the ISM University of Management and Economics. According to the committee's findings, Sinkevičius' scientific work contains "significant violations of academic writing, citing and indicating sources, including instances of plagiarism." It was also determined that the author violated the principle of independence of scientific work established in the ethical code of the university according to media in Lithuania, the committee gave the prime minister six months to correct the violations identified in the doctoral thesis. Sinkavichios was quick to announce that he allegedly independently analyzed the data and drew conclusions, but admitted to the identified violations and promised to correct everything in time.