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Politics

Seimas legalizes midwifery services in home births

The Lithuanian parliament has made it legal for professional midwives to attend to home births when there is no threat to the health of the mother and the newborn baby. […]

Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Sports

Šaras says he’s staying because he is at home here in LT

Šarūnas Jasikevičius is staying in Kaunas for at least another year. This is perhaps the most important victory for BC Žalgiris after a historic season. […]

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Freetime

Lithuanians’ favourite fruit and vegies and how to keep them fresh

Summer is the time when the kitchen is filled with different types of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, these foods can often only be enjoyed for a relatively short time – just a day or two. The fruits and vegetables that are not properly stored spoil. Vilma Juodkazienė, food expert at retail chain IKI, says that in order to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer, it would be best to follow a few simple rules as well as to know what foods can be stored together and which should be separated. […]

Remigijus Žemaitaitis, Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Lithuania’s ruling LVŽS offers cooperation agreement to Order and Justice

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) invites the Order and Justice political group in the Seimas to sign a cooperation agreement, but it does not intend to bring it into the government coalition, the ruling party’s chairman said on Wednesday. […]

Economy

Seimas committee moves to cap direct payments at EUR 150,000 per farm

The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Rural Affairs proposes to impose a cap of 150,000 euros per farm on EU direct payments to farmers starting next year. […]