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Janina Butkevičienė, Letizia Taliani de Marchio and Benita Guillaume visit the Finish stand Photo Ludo Segers

13th Christmas Charity Fair in Vilnius to offer international gift ideas

November 26, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

On 5 December, the Christmas Charity Fair in Vilnius will be organised in the Vilnius Town Hall to benefit some of the most vulnerable in society. The International Women’s Association of Vilnius celebrates this year the thirteenth edition of the charity fair. […]

Three Lithuanian MPs suggest scrapping fines for prostitution

November 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Wednesday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, three Lithuanian members of parliament submitted a bill abolishing fines for engaging in prostitution. […]

Lithuanian police discarding Kalashnikov rifles after two unfortunate incidents

November 23, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Police officers in Lithuania will no longer be issued automatic rifles, following two high-profile incidents last week. The Kalashnikov guns were handed out to police officers after terrorist attacks in Paris. […]

Army biggest beneficiary of tax payers’ voluntary financial support

November 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian citizens, who are allowed to allocate 2 percent of their income tax for organizations of their choice, have distributed 15m euro this year, benefiting some 22,000 institutions and NGOs. The biggest beneficiary this year is the Lithuanian army. […]

Lithuanian WWII hero who captured Nazi submarine

November 20, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

During World War Two, Nazi Germany‘s submarines would regularly attack Allied forces. In response, the Allies formed special brigades to monitor German submarines. One of these brigades included a serviceman named Zenonas Lukošius, a Lithuanian expatriate. He has become a hero of WWII. […]

Lithuanian police chief defends decision to hand out Kalashnikov rifles to officers

November 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A pre-trial investigation into the actions of police officers and handling of service weapons was launched after Thursday’s incident when a fugitive fled from a police vehicle with an officer’s automatic rifle. The investigation has been transferred to Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office. […]

Massive manhunt operation in Vilnius after detainee grabs police Kalashnikov and runs

November 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

An extraordinary chase operation was held in Vilnius in Thursday evening. Around 3,000 police officers were searching for Igor Molotkov, a detainee who managed to grab a Kalashnikov rifle from the police and run. After five hours of manhunt, the fugitive was arrested near the Railway Station, on Palesos street. […]

Lithuanians, unlike Latvians or Poles, are not fighting in Syria

November 19, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

The Lithuanian State Security Department says that there are no Lithuanian citizens fighting on the side of the Islamic State in Syria. However, several dozen Polish and Latvian Islamic State supporters have gone to Syria. […]

Vytautas Landsbergis, one of architects of Lithuanian independence, in hospital

November 19, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Vytautas Landsbergis, a prominent politician and one of the architects of the modern state of Lithuania, has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Vilnius. […]

Lithuanians not welcoming to refugees, poll shows

November 19, 2015 DELFI EN 0

A new poll suggests that most Lithuanians are not very welcoming of refugees and do not agree with the government’s policies of offering asylum to people fleeing wars in the Middle East. […]

Lithuanian Muslim Mufti: Terrorists will go to hell

November 18, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Islam is not and could not be the reason for terrorist attacks in France, says Lithuanian Muslim Mufti Romas Jakubauskas. […]

Bullying in Lithuanian schools: Gender sneers for girls, intelligence insults for boys

November 16, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

Bullying remains a pandemic problem in Lithuanian schools and can sometimes lead to tragic consequence, including suicide. The Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office has conducted a survey among school students, a fifth of whom said they were bullied for one reason or another. […]

Lithuanians express solidarity with Paris attacks victims

November 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

After a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, Lithuanians join people across the world in expressing solidarity with France. […]

One arrested on suspicions of embezzling property of Ignalina NPP

November 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Special Investigation Service (STT) Panevėžys Department detained a person on suspicions of acting in a group of accomplices and misappropriating high-value property of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), which is being decommissioned. The court gave authorisation to arrest the person for ten days. […]