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Vilnius to host anti-suicide action
Vilnius will on Tuesday host a campaign initiated by Lithuanian actor Arūnas Sakaulauskas and his like-minds to attract people’s attention to the large number of suicides in Lithuania. […]
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Illegal immigrants from Vietnam detained near Lithuanian-Latvian border
Illegal immigrants from Vietnam and Chechens suspected of their smuggling have been detained during a week-long operation near the Lithuanian-Latvian border, according to the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service. […]
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Ambitious goals set for Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University’s Research Centre
The Research Centre, founded by the Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University, has set up a team of talented scientists and commences active operations this month. […]
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Study estimates benefits of accepting refugees for Lithuania
In the “optimistic scenario”, Lithuania will recover what it will have invested into resettling and integrating refugees within five years. The “pessimistic scenario” draws the line at nine years. In either case, the country will benefit from accepting refugees: Lithuania will have demonstrated its adherence to the European Union values. Not to mention the migrants’ contribution to economic growth. […]
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Lithuanian border guards hand over 8 migrants from Iraq to Poland
Lithuanian border guards on Thursday handed over eight migrants from Iraq to their Polish counterparts, the State Border Guard Service said. […]
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Names of Holocaust victims to be read for 5th time in Lithuania
The names of Holocaust victims will be read publicly in several Lithuanian cities and towns on Tuesday, September 22, on the eve of the Lithuanian Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Names initiative is being held in Vilnius for the fifth time now and this will be the first time when lists of Vilnius ghetto prisoners will be read at two locations: in the courtyard of the ghetto library and at the Skalvija movie theater. Residents of Jonava, Molėtai, Švėkšna and Jurbarkas will take turns reading the names of Jews murdered in their towns. […]
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Three Latvians and a Russian busted in Lithuania for smuggling Vietnamese migrants
Lithuanian border guards from Kalvarija Frontier Station on the Polish border on Wednesday detained four illegal immigrants from Vietnam accompanied by one Russian and three Latvian citizens, Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service said on Thursday. […]
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Lithuania steps up patrols on Polish border due to illegal migrants
Lithuania has stepped up patrol on its border with Poland after spotting a new refugee route from Southern Europe to Scandinavia, and has also taken other undisclosed measures, Renatas Požėla, head of the country’s State Border Guard Service, said in an interview with BNS on Thursday. […]
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Vilnius Sports Palace, built on Jewish cemetery, to host conferences, not concerts, PM says
Built within the territory of a former Jewish cemetery, the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports will host conferences after its reconstruction, and not concerts, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
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Vilnius University advances in QS World University Rankings
In the latest world university ranking 2015/2016, published by QS World University Rankings, Vilnius University (VU) improved its position to 501-550 from the 551-600 position previously, the university reports. […]
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Lithuania considers scrapping paper birth, death and marriage certificates
Hard copies of birth, death and marriage certificates would be issued only upon request, and people would not be obliged to inform about their changed status, according to a package of amendments proposed to the Seimas of Lithuania. […]
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Group wants to stage rally against ‘enforced immigration’ in Vilnius
A group has asked Vilnius Municipality for permission to stage a rally outside the Representation of the European Commission on 20 September to protest refugee relocation to Lithuania. If authorised, the rally would be attended by up to 100 people. The organisers claim that people are not given enough information about the countries in conflict, that the terms “refugee” and “economic migrant” must be explained in order to reassure people. […]
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Prime minister says no discussions on closing Lithuanian borders
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that Lithuania currently is not considering the option to close its borders due to the refugee crisis. […]
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Interior minister: Lithuania ready to resume border controls if need be
In case of a refugee influx, Lithuania would be ready to resume temporary border controls, says Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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Foreign minister of Lithuania pays tribute to Sugihara
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Friday attended an informal discussion at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, on educational projects, introducing Chiune Sugihara’s achievements, prospects for cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the need to raise general public awareness, in particular amongst young people, on the legacy of Sugihara and other diplomats who saved lives. […]
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Lithuanian police crack child pornography distribution network
In cooperation with foreign counterparts, Lithuania’s police have busted a distribution network of pornography involving minors, with suspicions brought against 12 individuals so far. […]