Establishing an international institution for investigating Communist crimes would be a rather symbolic act, but it will probably would not lead to prosecution of those behind the Communist repressions, says Professor Justinas Žilinskas of the Lithuanian Mykolas Romeris University’s Department of International and European Union Law. […]
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says a probe should be completed before condemning the border guard who shot an 18-year-old man in a chase of suspected smugglers. […]
The Fire and Rescue Department is still the most trusted institution in Lithuania. The survey revealed as much as 88 percent of the polled trust it. Meanwhile, growing confidence in police and national defence has continued to push the President’s Office from the top three of the most trusted institutions. […]
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. […]
Jewish Orthodox rabbis visiting Lithuania on August 26 have inquired about the government’s and the Vilnius municipality’s plans of renovating the former Sports Palace building in the territory of a Jewish cemetery ( the old Jewish cemetery known as Piramont – TLT). […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s national radio and television LRT will not feature a new broadcast dedicated to analysing the Kremlin propaganda. […]
Robertas Povilaitis who lost his father during the Soviet aggression in Vilnius on January 13, 1991, has turned to the Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office, calling for a more active investigation of the liability of the Soviet Union’s then leader Mikhail Gorbachev. […]
At least 25 of Lithuania’s 60 municipalities have restricted entry into forests amid fire hazard, the Environment Ministry said on Thursday. […]
Statistics indicate that road and railway traffic has become considerably safer in the first half of 2015 in Lithuania. […]
A Russian citizen was on Monday barred from entering Lithuania as there were Soviet symbols on his vehicle. […]
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. […]
Before drafting a new program for preserving identity of ethnic minorities, the Lithuanian Culture Ministry plans to launch a survey of their situation. […]
Three young men will commence studies in Kaunas Priest Seminary in Lithuania this autumn, with no new seminarians accepted in Telšiai this year. […]
Extremely low levels of groundwater have been reported in some parts of Lithuania this summer, with water levels in rivers continuing to fall, the Geological Service said. […]
A couple of dolphins have been spotted in the Baltic Sea close to the Smiltynė beach near the port city of Klaipėda. […]
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. […]
As Lithuania prepares to receive several hundred refuges, Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas National Security and Defense Committee, suggests introducing a ban for wearing Muslim burqas in public, saying that they might pose threat to national security. […]
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