Society

Kids playing football
Society

Physical education tests for children may return

January 11, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

If the Ministry of Health has its way, Lithuanian schoolchildren in grades 5-12 will once again hold physical education tests that would evaluate their balance, flexibility, endurance, cardiac health and general physical health. Representatives at the ministry believe that this would help the ministry focus more on physical education, as the ministry currently does not have a centralized database on children’s physical health and activity in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian runners in Portland, Oregon
Society

Lithuanians around the world run ‘path of life and death’ to commemorate January 13th

January 11, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]

Refugees and immigrants
Opinion

What Lithuanians really think about immigration

January 11, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian residents would prefer to receive immigrants of the same ethnic group or race with barely 13 percent wanting to accept immigrants that are of another race or ethnic group. A survey performed by the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) revealed these and other insights into the Lithuanian public’s opinions regarding immigrants. […]

No Picture
Society

Will Lithuania ever be a nation of 3.5 million again?

January 7, 2016 Ineta Bricaite 0

Will Lithuania ever again be a nation of 3.5 million? This target, championed by the leaders of six political parties, is to be achieved by 2025. Some experts say it reeks of utopianism, while others point to historic precedents in other countries. […]

Faina Kukliansky
Society

Jewish heritage enjoyed more government protection in 2015, says community leader

January 4, 2016 LT Daily 0

Over the last year, the Lithuanian government began focusing more on preserving Jewish heritage and grave sites, according to Faina Kukliansky, the chair of the Jewish Community of Lithuania. […]

Vaccine
Society

Unvaccinated children will be barred from kindergarten in Lithuania

December 30, 2015 Ziniu radijas 0

After the Seimas (parliament) failed to adopt legislation authorizing mandatory vaccinations, an order made by former Minister of Health Vytenis Andriukaitis instructing not to accept unvaccinated children to kindergarten extablishments will take effect in 1 January, 2016. Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the order will only apply to newly accepted children. […]

Global Lithuania Awards winners with President Grybauskaitė
Society

Lithuanian innovators and leaders honoured by president at Global Lithuanian awards

December 30, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

There was a feel-good atmosphere in the Lithuanian Presidential palace in Vilnius on Tuesday afternoon as Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hosted a ceremony honouring the Global Lithuanian Awards. The annual awards are presented to individuals who, in one way or another, have contributed to Lithuania’s welfare domestically or abroad. The President and Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius praised the initiative and made it a point that a country is more than its geographical and demographic size. […]