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CORPORATE
ARAS warning after Nemenčinė incident: don’t play war games in Lithuanian forests
Sunday morning at the Nemenčinė forest, a 12-person group gathers. It could be noted that some men are wearing the Russian model masked uniforms and are armed with the Russian machine guns. After getting signals from worried citizens, the police responds immediately, anti-terrorist operations team ARAS fighters come and detain potentially dangerous individuals. […]
CORPORATE
Bold journalistic experiment with Russian TV propaganda channel left a bitter taste in mouth
The border is crossed by masked men in camouflage uniforms, the first wall of the border gives up without a fight. This is how Ala Davidova, a reporter of the Kremlin-controlled channel NTV, begins her […]
CORPORATE
Report on ‘little green men’ in Šalčininkai is out: it won‘t be funny for those who laugh at us
The routines in Šalčininkai was disrupted by an unprecedented commotion on the 11th of April. Men armed with guns stormed the city police station, took over a part of it stunning the officials and local residents. […]
Defence
Drill scenario didn’t involve proclamation of Šalčininkai republic
The scenario of a recent exercise organized by the Lithuanian Interior Ministry did not envisage the use of training weapons and the proclamation of “the People’s Republic of Šalčininkai”, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Municipality says InterMin exercise fuels hostility against Poland
Municipality of Šalčininkai, southeastern Lithuania, on Friday dismissed as provocation the recent exercise of deterring a saboteur attack. […]
Economy
Invest Lithuania to look at attracting investors to Salcininkai district
Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, will look at how to attract local and foreign investors to the district of Šalčininkai, in the southeastern part of the country, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]
Society
Conservatives initiate special fund for southeast Lithuania
After the parliament voted down the earlier initiative for a special foundation for development of southeastern Lithuania, a group of MPs have again initiated the issue. […]
Culture
Photographer explores Lithuanian region torn in two by border with Belarus
Jasper Walter Bastian, an award-winning German-American documentary photographer, has created a photo series called “A Road Not Taken” that explores the town of Dieveniškės, located only 6 kilometres form the Belarusian border, and the surrounding Šalčininkai region. […]
Society
PM hopes name spelling law to be adopted in autumn
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expressed hope on Tuesday a law on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents would be adopted in the fall upon receipt of conclusions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]
Society
Šalčininkai needs to make use of its geographical position – PM
Lithuania’s Šalčininkai District, densely populated by Poles, needs to make use of its good geographical position and local forests, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]