Politics
Lithuanian parliament speaker ‘not ready’ for same-sex partnerships
The Lithuanian society is not ready for same-sex partnerships, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė believes. […]
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Politics
Refugee resettlement in Lithuania to start next January
The first group of refugees from Africa and the Middle East should be resettled to Lithuania in January 2016, the government’s officials say. […]
Society
Strasbourg court ruling on same-sex unions relevant for Lithuania, lawyer says
The new practice of the European Court of Human Rights on regulation of same-sex relationships is significant for Lithuania, says a lawyer of the Vilnius-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors still trying to locate former Snoras bank owners
Lithuania’s prosecutors are still trying to locate former Snoras Bank shareholders, Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, who fled from the UK early in July. […]
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Sports
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Georgia’s Saakashvili: Baltics will be Russia’s next target
The Baltic states will be Russia‘s next target after Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to test NATO, Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and now the governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, said in an interview on Tuesday. […]
European Union
Lithuania to accept 325 refugees over 2 years
Lithuania will accept 325 refugees over the next two years, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday. […]
Defence
Defence
NATO jets alerted once last week by Russian plane
NATO fighter-jets serving in the air policing mission were scrambled once from Lithuania last week to identify a Russian warplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
Defence
Lithuanian troops leaving for Somalia anti-piracy operation
Lithuania’s port city of Klaipėda is hosting on Monday a farewell ceremony for the Lithuanian troops leaving for the European Union’s (EU) anti-piracy operation Atalanta off the coasts of the Eastern African country of Somalia. […]
Society
Brussels to hear complaint on restricted broadcast of LGBT video in Lithuania
The European Commission (EU) plans to look into the complaint filed by the Lithuanian Gay League, an LGBT rights NGO, about the restrictions to air its video ad on television. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister unconvinced by Ukrainian separatists’ withdrawal statements
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he is not convinced by statements of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine about unilateral withdrawal of certain weaponry. […]
Politics
Poll shows unstable ratings of Lithuania’s liberals
The ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania has cemented its popularity with voters, and the opposition Liberal Movement’s popularity rating is fluctuating, a new poll shows. […]
Society
Mission Siberia participants seen off to Russia
Participants of the 16th annual initiative Mission Siberia were on Friday seen off to the Russian region of Tomsk. […]
Global LT
New leader of Lithuanian World Community cautions against hasty referendum on dual citizenship
Dalia Henke from Germany, who has been elected the new board chairman of the Lithuanian World Community, believes Lithuania should not rush to hold a referendum on dual citizenship, pointing to a lack of agreement on the issue among political parties. […]
Politics
Lithuanians organize protest outside Russian Embassy over actions in Georgia
Around 50 people attended a rally organized by the opposition party Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats near the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Friday, protesting against Moscow’s actions in Georgia and calling them “creeping occupation”. […]
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Lithuania backs call for UN tribunal on MH17 crash
Lithuania supports a proposal to set up a UN tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Friday. […]
Defence
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