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Hateful online comments about Orlando shootings under criminal investigation in Lithuania

Lithuanian prosecutors have opened an investigation into anti-gay statements posted in comment sections of Lithuanian online newspapers in the wake of the deadly attack in a night club in Orlando, Florida. […]

Politics

€1.8m set aside for severance pay of outgoing Lithuanian MPs

Over €1.8 million has been reserved for Lithuanian members of parliament who are not reelected in October’s general elections, as well as their assistants and secretaries.

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New Kaliningrad governor appointment ‘sign of silovikis’ grip on Kremlin’

President Vladimir Putin has named his former bodyguard as governor of Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland. Analysts say the decision gives away Putin’s efforts to consolidate his administration by appointing people who are personally loyal to him.

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Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Balanced budget unlikely because of social spending – Seimas speaker

Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė doubts the promises made by Finance Minister Rasa Budbergytė that Lithuania will have a balanced budget in 2017. In Graužinienė’s opinion, the government cannot cut the deficit because of the need to increase social benefits.

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