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Commission of Lithuanian expatriates urges parliament to reject dual citizenship referendum
Last week, the Commission of the Seimas and the Lithuanian World Community held sittings and adopted a resolution urging the Seimas, parliament, not to approve a referendum on dual citizenship. […]
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Athlete passes away of heart attack at North American Lithuanian Sports Games
Athletes at the 65th North American Lithuanian Sports Games in Cleveland gathered on Saturday evening at the Lithuanian Community Center for a moment of silence for 63-year-old Edmundas Capas, who died of a massive heart attack earlier in the day while playing in a table tennis match at the games. […]
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Ireland’s Lithuanians collect charity with basketball
Lithuanians from across Ireland came together in Dublin last weekend to play some ball and raise funds for children with cancer in the Basketball Day. […]
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Lithuanians from Geelong, Australia, to compete at Lithuanian sports games in Cleveland
The Geelong Vytis Sports Club will make history this June by participating in the 65th North American Sporto Šventė in Cleveland, Ohio, for the very first time. […]
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Lithuanian Diplomatic Star awarded to Dr. Richard Maullin
On Sunday evening, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, awarded in Los Angeles the diplomatic start to Dr. Richard Maullin. […]
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Lithuanians of New York expect referendum on dual citizenship
Legalization of dual citizenship by way of referendum would allow Lithuanians living in the US to preserve their connections with Lithuania, and the fears of Russia may be dispelled by specifying countries subject to dual citizenship, says Lithuanian lawyer Marius Griskonis residing in New York. […]
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An amazing encounter with David Suchet
David Suchet is a famous English actor of Lithuanian descent who has starred in more than 100 TV films and movies. He is a Shakespearean actor of the stage but is best known for playing Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the British TV drama, Agatha Christie’s ‘Poirot,’ which has been screening on TVs all around the world for 26 years. […]
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Lithuanian professionals from New York and Chicago join forces
The Global Lithuanian Leaders network, a worldwide organization for Lithuanian professionals, recently collaborated with the Enterprise Lithuania group and made a visit to the United States at the end of April. […]
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Stockholm seminar discusses information challenges in Eastern Europe
Dr. Nerijus Maliukevičius, lecturer of Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Russian and East European Studies Centre, presented the report “Russia’s Use of Information Operations in the Baltic States” at the international seminar on “Information Operations as a Foreign Policy Tool – the Situation in the Baltic States and Consequences for Sweden” which took place in Stockholm on 19 May. […]
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Romer family heiress to be received by Lithuanian president
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has invited Ms Marija Elena Romeryte (Marisha Helena Romer in English) to the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on May 20. President Grybauskaitė will be presented with two original oils painted by Marisha’s grandmother, renowned Lithuanian artist Sofija Romeriene, whose life and works have been extensively documented and published. Some of her works, considered Lithuanian National Treasure, appear in the most prestigious museums of Lithuania, Poland as well as London. […]
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Jewish organisations invited to participate in World Lithuanian Economic Forum
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius has paid a working visit to Tel Aviv, Israel. The minister invited representatives of Jewish organisations to actively participate in the World Lithuanian Economic Forum (PLEF) which will take place in Israel in October. […]
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Open House at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington
For years now, the Embassies of the EU member states in Washington DC open their doors on the second Saturday of May. This event on Europe Day is a chance for Americans of the Capital region to experience Europe. It is a bit like being able to visit Europe for less than $ 5 a day. […]
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Artūras Skučas’ art and poetry presented in Washington
Artūras Skučas is a man with many talents. His photographic art and poetry brought him to Washington, DC, on a summery evening. He probably remains best known for his role in the Sąjūdis movement, set up to liberate Lithuania from the Soviet oppression. He also organized the Savanoriai (a militia made up of volunteers). That militia was set, in 1990, to protect the Seimas (parliament) and its leader, Professor Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Lithuania presents initiatives for Lithuanian-Jewish rapport in New York
At the meeting with representatives of Jewish organisations on 4 May in New York, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius presented Lithuania’s initiatives related to educating people about the history of Lithuanian and Jewish peoples, their cultural experience and the Holocaust, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
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New York‘s ultramarathon – beneath the feet of a Lithuanian fireman
Just as every spring in April, 18 years and counting the Flushing Meadows Corona park in New York welcomes this famous Sri Chinmoy Self Transcedence ultramarathon. So April 29-th the 10-day race was challenged by the fireman from Vilnius Aidas Ardzijauskas, who first entered the American world of running by conquering LA – NY route last summer, while the legendary ultramarathon runner Rimas Jakelaitis, now living in New York, entered the 6-day run. […]
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