From the crime scene
Society

Lithuanian shot during smugglers’ chase near Belarusian border

A young man was shot on Thursday morning during Lithuanian border guard’s chase of two vehicles with suspected smugglers near the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. The injured man later died in hospital, the country’s State Border Guard Service said. […]

Looking for the Baltic amber
Society

Baltic amber attracts world famous scientists to Lithuania

August 26-30 June 2015, Vilnius will bring together dozens of the world’s most prominent researchers in gemmology from almost 30 countries worldwide. In the IGC‘2015 international conference held in Vilnius University, the latest trends of identification and research technology of precious minerals as well as prevalence of fakes and falsification of gemstones will be discussed, tourism.lt reported. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuanian municipalities restrict entering forests amid fire hazard

At least 25 of Lithuania’s 60 municipalities have restricted entry into forests amid fire hazard, the Environment Ministry said on Thursday. […]

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Society

Lithuanian universities say cooperation with Russian institutions weak because of academic differences

After the European Union’s (EU) Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas spoke about insufficient activity of Lithuanian universities in joint student exchange and research programs with Russian universities, representatives of universities say that the problem lies with academic level. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
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Refugee integration more important than burqa bans, Lithuanian PM says

Integration of refugees is a more important issue than the question of whether to ban wearing burqas in public or not, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]