Alytus mayor’s adviser receives over 200,000 euros in property gifts

LRT reported that Saulius Ivoška, an adviser to the mayor of Alytus, received property worth more than 200,000 euros from his retired parents last year. The joint investigation by the news outlet Siena and Alytus radio station FM99 found that Ivoška received four plots of land and three buildings, and has already sold part of the property for more than 250,000 euros.

Ivoška is an influential figure in Alytus municipality and among the city’s Social Democrats. He became one of the deputies of Alytus Social Democratic Party chairman and Mayor Nerijus Cesiulis in 2023. He has also led the Alytus Social Democratic Youth Organisation for 10 years.

FM99 first examined Ivoška’s finances after asking the State Tax Inspectorate for data on Alytus politicians who had declared the largest cash savings. Ivoška had declared 95,000 euros in cash savings.

His declared assets increased almost fourfold in one year, from 78,800 euros to 308,000 euros. His 2024 asset declaration contained no entries for real estate. In his declaration for 2025, he valued his plots and buildings at almost 145,000 euros.

Asked about the property received from his parents, Ivoška initially denied receiving several plots and houses. He said he had received one plot and one house with an outbuilding in Alytus district.

Land registry data showed that his retired parents had given him four plots in Alytus and on the outskirts of the city. Three of the plots came with buildings: a house built in 1984, a newly constructed residential building and an agricultural building.

The largest gift was a small plot and an old two-storey house on Lelijų Street, a prestigious location in Alytus overlooking the Nemunas River. Land registry data identifies the building as a structure built in 1984.

Ivoška’s parents owned the property for only about a month. They acquired the house and plot in December 2024 for 85,000 euros, according to the land registry, and gave them to their son in January 2025.

The investigation also examined business links involving Ivoška’s family. It identified two businesses controlled by his mother that received substantial revenues from Alytus municipality and companies under its control. Municipal funds supported both a news portal controlled by Ivoška’s mother and a construction-waste removal company that was hired for renovation work costing almost 100,000 euros rather than for waste collection.