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Defence

Lithuanian parliament endorses extending military conscription

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday endorsed a proposal on reinstating military conscription beyond 2020, although prime minister and defence minister remain unconvinced. […]

Jonas Valančiūnas next to the USSR's coat of arms
Society

Five Lithuanian basketballers win dubious honour of being named members of modern fantasy USSR team

A Russian sports website named sports.ru has given five Lithuanian basketball players the questionable honor of playing on that website’s modern-day USSR fantasy dream team. The article’s author recounted that four Lithuanian basketball players – Arvydas Sabonis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Valdemaras Chomičius and Rimas Kurtinaitis – played for the Soviet Union when its basketball team took the gold at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. […]

Lithuanian Nativity scene in Brussels
Global LT

Belgian Lithuanians celebrate holidays with Lithuanian-made Nativity scene at Brussels cathedral

The Lithuanian community is celebrating the holidays with a crib and manger Nativity display that Lithuanian artist Mumgaudytė, with the help of children from the Belgian-Lithuanian community, erected in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels. […]

PM Algridas Butkevičius
Energy

Official launch of LitPol Link and NordBalt marks new era of Lithuanian energy

Lithuanian leaders and their counterparts from the Baltic states and Poland are on Monday officially inaugurating the interconnections LitPol Link and NordBalt, lauded as key projects to usher the country into the new era of energy independence. […]

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Society

Lithuanian med students say no to bribes for doctors

On International Anticorruption Day, the Special Investigation Service shifted their attention to medical institutions, where citizens encounter bribery most often. Doctors blame citizens for giving bribes while patients complain that, without bribes, they won’t receive proper medical attention. Campaigners against corruption say that bribery would disappear if medical institutions themselves were to take resolute actions against corruption and made an effort to take care of their patients. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Foreign Minister Linkevičius on response to Russian aggression: Inaction itself can be provocative

Lithuania and other countries in the Eastern block are looking for a clear and decisive message of support from the United States as Russian President Vladimir Putin tests NATO’s decisiveness and tries to fill the “gaps of influence” created by the West’s inability to protect international law and its own interests, said Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius in an interview with The Washington Times on Tuesday. […]

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European Union

Lithuanian border guards to patrol borders of Bulgaria and Hungary

From December 9, two Lithuanian border guards will help patrol the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, two more will patrol with a service SUV along the Hungary–Serbia border. […]