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Foreign affairs

Lithuania earmarks EUR 18,000 for quake-struck Nepal

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry is giving EUR 18,000 to Nepal that was recently struck by a powerful earthquake. […]

Rūta Vanagaitė
Opinion

Opinion: Why we have not, do not and will not talk about Holocaust in Lithuania

Vilijampolė, Kaunas, winter. The project “Being a Jew”. A group of thirty teachers led by a Jewish guide are standing in the former Kaunas ghetto. Houses, garages, storage spaces, wood piles where, during the war, thousands of Jews were herded like animals by the Nazis, where Jewish children played, and from where they were later taken to a square or to one of the Kaunas forts and shot. […]

Culture

Lithuania to mark end of World War II on 8 May

Lithuania will celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May, with official events to be attended by the president and the prime minister. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania to focus on protection of civilians during its May presidency in UN Security Council

On 1 May, Lithuania takes over the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. During the month of Presidency Lithuania intends to focus on protection of civilians – safety of journalists in conflict situations, threat posed by small arms and light weapons to the civilian population; as well as ways to combat the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters, possible links between organised crime and human trafficking in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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Culture

Fakin’ Zeitgeist: Serious Literature

In order to encourage the public’s interest in serious literature, the government passed a law to sell serious literature bellow the price of popular titles. […]

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Society

Occupational diseases 4 times more frequent among Lithuanian men than women

The number of men diagnosed with occupational diseases in Lithuania is four times higher than that of women, the Hygiene Institute said on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. […]