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In 2023, Mantas Adomėnas published his first fiction book, an intellectual spy novel Moneta & labirintas (The Coin & the
Labyrinth). The novel quickly gained critical acclaim, winning the prestigious 2023 Book of the Year award. The second part of the novel was released in 2024 and the dilogy
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Adomėnas's novel is praised for its intricate narrative and deep intellectual layers, blending elements of espionage with philosophical and historical insights. Critics have compared his work to that of
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in 2017. He ran for a Seimas seat as an independent in 2020 and lost but was selected as deputy minister of foreign affairs in
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It has also been alleged, and admitted by Adomėnas, that his wife had organized crime connections in her youth in
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independence movements. He organized a rally with slightly over 100 participants on 23 August 2019, during the
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Adomėnas was stripped of party membership in 2018 after being found guilty by party governance organs of
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On 18 April 2024 Adomėnas was conferred Taiwan's Medal of
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During a parliamentary sitting in 2010 Adomėnas publicly called a fellow MP
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