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Society

Lithuanians flood their country with hundreds of rainbow flags as police investigate homophobic arson attacks

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, sharing photos with the hashtag #LGBTdraugiškaLietuva (LGBT friendly Lithuania). […]

Seimas
Politics

MPs to decide on new probe into influence on political processes

Lithuanian lawmakers are expected to decide on Tuesday whether or not to open a new parliamentary investigation into influence on political processes and public authorities. […]

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Politics

PM doesn’t expect parliament’s fall session to be easy

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the Seimas’ fall session will not be easy, but he expects the parliament to adopt, by Christmas holidays, a number of “decisions that people are waiting for”. […]

Rolandas Paksas
Politics

Order and Justice Party council decides to nominate Paksas as presidential candidate

The Order and Justice council decided on Sunday to propose Rolandas Paksas for the post of the party’s chairman at this month’s congress and to nominate Lithuania’s impeached former president as the party’s candidate to run in next year’s presidential election, MP Petras Gražulis said. […]

Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin
Foreign affairs

The Kremlin is not interested in Macrons’ ‘stability’

The European security architecture needs to change, French President Emmanuel Macron declared during his latest visit to Finland. The changing world security architecture is forcing the European Union to adopt to the changing world. This is inevitable. However, the French President also called for an ‘update’ of the EU and Russia’s relationship. An ‘update’ should be welcomed, but the main question on whose terms this ‘update’ should be. Is the EU ready to accept an extended hand of friendship from the Kremlin? Certainly not and this is why. […]

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Foreign affairs

Beniušis. CIA prison case: how long will the government continue its ostrich policy?

In December 2014 Barack Obama‘s administration warned Lithuania about a forthcoming US Senate report on secret CIA prisons. […]