Sinterklaas at the Dutch Ambassador's Residence
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Sinterklaas visits Lithuanian and Dutch children in Vilnius

The Christmas season is in full swing in Lithuania. Christmas trees showed up last weekend in Klaipėda, Kaunas, Vilnius and other towns. This was the festive weekend for the international community with some of its traditional celebrations. On Saturday, the successful International Charity Christmas Bazaar took place in the old town hall and on Sunday, a real Dutch Sinterklaas (Sint Nic) arrived at the Dutch Ambassador’s Residence in Vilnius. […]

Big Ben
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Expatriate voting results

Based on Central Electoral Commission (VRK) data, Lithuanians voting from abroad have had a fairly different distribution of votes compared to those in Lithuania. During the first round, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats […]

Lurgan High Street
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Lithuanian ambassador in UK gives more details about alleged hate crime attack in Northern Ireland

More details are available about the attack against Lithuanian migrants in Northern Ireland – the local police have told Lithuanian diplomats that unidentified individuals fired at least three shots at the house in Lurgan in early hours of Monday. […]

Ramunė Pekarskytė
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Iceland’s handball player applies for Lithuanian citizenship

Ramunė Pekarskytė, a Lithuanian-born handball player who is a citizen of Iceland, has asked Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė to grant her the Lithuanian citizenship for her special merits for Lithuania.

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