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Three Lithuanian MPs suggest scrapping fines for prostitution
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. […]
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Lithuanian police discarding Kalashnikov rifles after two unfortunate incidents
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. […]
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Army biggest beneficiary of tax payers’ voluntary financial support
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. […]
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Lithuanian WWII hero who captured Nazi submarine
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. […]
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Lithuanian police chief defends decision to hand out Kalashnikov rifles to officers
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. […]
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Massive manhunt operation in Vilnius after detainee grabs police Kalashnikov and runs
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. […]
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Lithuanians, unlike Latvians or Poles, are not fighting in Syria
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. […]
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Vytautas Landsbergis, one of architects of Lithuanian independence, in hospital
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. […]
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Bullying in Lithuanian schools: Gender sneers for girls, intelligence insults for boys
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. […]
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One arrested on suspicions of embezzling property of Ignalina NPP
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. […]
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Victims of WWI honoured in Lithuania
Remembrance Day commemoration to honour victims of WWI and WWII started on November 8. […]
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Young drivers to be barred from powerful cars in Lithuania
The Lithuanian parliament unanimously accepted a proposal to ban young drivers from driving powerful cars. […]
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Lithuania among most drinking nations
A report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) on alcohol consumption in 44 countries puts Lithuania as the most drinking country, followed by Austria, Estonia and the Czech Republic. […]
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Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences are to merge
A plan to merge Kaunas University of Technology and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was proposed in a meeting of a working group set up by Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė to optimize Lithuania’s higher education resources. […]
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Interior minister proposes new method to fight drink driving
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis proposed to raise civil insurance rates for car owners who have been caught driving under the influence of alcohol. […]