Commemoration of Medininkai Massacre
Society

Lithuania marking 26 yrs since Medininkai checkpoint massacre

Monday marks 26 years since the tragic developments at the Lithuanian checkpoint of Medininkai when seven Lithuanian officials were gunned down at work by Soviet OMON fighters. […]

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Defence

Lithuania gets Belarusian invitation to observe part of Zapad drill

Lithuania on Friday received an invitation from the Belarusian Defense Ministry to all accredited foreign defense attaches to take part in the observation program of the joint Belarusian-Russian strategic exercise Zapad 2017. […]

Andrius Palionis
Politics

13 in 19 SocDems political group want to stay in Lithuania’s ruling bloc – portal

Thirteen of the 19 members of the political group of the Social Democratic Party do not want to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says Andrius Palionis, the leader of the political group. […]

Lithuanian ID card
Politics

Seimas speaker and Minister of Justice to mull proposals on name-spelling

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is meeting on Friday with Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė to discuss the initiatives discussed at the parliament that would pave way to the use of non-Lithuanian letters in ID documents. […]