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Lithuania refuses residency permit to same-sex spouse
Lithuania’s Migration Department has refused to issue a temporary residence permit to a Belarusian man who married his Lithuanian male partner in the Netherlands. […]
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‘Full justice’ in Jan 13 coup case cannot be achieved without charging Gorbachev, says Landsbergis
Justice will not be achieved in full in the January 13, 1991, attempted coup case without the presence of the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, according to Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
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Hearings of January 13 coup case adjourned as lawyer falls ill in court
Hearings of the Vilnius County Court were interrupted on Wednesday after one of the lawyers fell ill in the courtroom. Ambulance was called to the courthouse and the hearing was adjourned. […]
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Huge trial over January 13th events in Vilnius will spill over into court hallway
On Wednesday, a Vilnius court will open hearings into the case surrounding the 13 January 1991 attempted coup, which is one of the biggest trials in Lithuania’s history in terms of the size and the number of suspects. […]
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Businessman suspected of embezzling EU money arrested in Vietnam
Sergey Rachinstein, a businessman wanted by Lithuania on the suspicion of embezzling European Union (EU) funds, was detained in the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam last week. […]
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Intense search for fishermen lost in fog in Curonian Lagoon
A number of fishermen got lost on the Curonian Lagoon ice on Monday evening due to heavy fog. […]
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Over 100 flu patients hospitalized in Lithuania
Flu and upper respiratory infections are spreading fast in Lithuania, with over 100 people hospitalized with flu complications this week. […]
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Court upholds Soviet officer’s acquittal in war crime case
Lithuania’s Court of Appeals has rejected prosecutors’ appeal against the acquittal of a former Soviet militia officer in a war crime case. […]
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Lithuania begins blocking international betting websites
Lithuania has begun blocking access to the websites of some foreign online betting companies after tightening controls on online gaming operators at the start of this year. […]
Politics
Online shopping drives 55% increase in Lithuanians using self-service parcel kiosks
The number of Lithuanians using self-service parcel terminals increased by 55% in 2015 driven by an increase in online shopping, according to Baltic Post, who operate parcel kiosks across Lithuania. […]
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Protest at Norwegian embassy accuses children’s rights service of stealing children
On Thursday, a protest held in front of the Norwegian embassy in Vilnius drew attention to what participants referred to as the theft of children by Barnevernet, the Norwegian children’s rights service. […]
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Former head of National Land Service claims she was not intoxicated
The former head of the National Land Service, Daiva Gineikaitė, who resigned from the post after a suspected drink-driving incident, told a court on Wednesday she was not intoxicated. […]
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Lithuania’s last communist leader dies
Mykolas Burokevičius, the former first secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party and opponent of the country’s independence, passed away aged 88 on Tuesday. […]
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NGOs believe government funding is not distributed transparently
A third of Lithuania’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) believe that there is not enough transparency in the way government support is distributed for the sector, a survey shows. […]
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Student threatens faculty after failing exam
A student at Mykolas Romeris University, in Vilnius, got so upset after failing an exam that he threatened to kill members of the staff. […]