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Foreign affairs

‘No Lithuanians hurt’ in Nice attack

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry says it has no information about Lithuanian nationals affected in the terrorist attack in the French seaside resort of Nice where a truck smashed into a crowd in early hours of Friday.

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Global LT

Lithuanian woman attacked in UK due to her origin in wake of Brexit vote

Laura Gudauskienė, a female of Lithuanian origin residing in Great Britain, was attacked last week in a small town in Eastern England by a local resident because of her origin.

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Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Grybauskaitė vetoes bill easing restrictions on repeat residence permits for foreigners

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed a bill proposed by Social Democrat MP Algirdas Sysas and adopted by the Seimas (parliament) that suggest that certain requirements for third-country nationals would only apply for their first application for residence permits in Lithuania, and that the permit would later be extended almost automatically.

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Uncategorized

Lithuanian community in Kaliningrad oblast wants a Lithuanian school

Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė is meeting on Tuesday with representatives of the Lithuanian community in Kaliningrad to discuss the possibility of opening a Lithuanian school in the Russian exclave.

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Gintaras Grušas
Society

Lithuanian religious leaders support Seimas’ limits on in-vitro fertilisation

The heads of Lithuania’s Christian churches have thrown their weight behind a strict law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) that was recently passed by the parliament (Seimas) but vetoed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

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Lina Antanavičienė
Society

‘President’s veto of infertility law puts choice in couples’ hands’

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė vetoed strict restrictions on assisted reproduction to allow couples to choose a method of infertility treatment that fits their moral values, her advisor said on Tuesday. […]