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First refugees could reach Lithuania in January, interior minister says

August 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that first refugees could come to Lithuania in January 2016. […]

Lithuanian government earmarks EUR 50,000 for youth exchange with Ukraine

August 12, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian and Ukrainian governments intend to sign an agreement on youth exchange, with the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour planning to earmark 50,000 euros for the projects next year. […]

Lithuanian PM: Police measures alone will not solve problems in Roma settlement

August 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that problems related to the Roma settlement in Vilnius cannot be solved only by police efforts, and a complex approach is needed because of the social nature of the problems. […]

US plans investigative journalism training in Baltic states

August 10, 2015 BNS 0

The US Embassy in Lithuania is looking for organizers of “investigative journalism training to counter Russian messaging in the Baltics”. […]

Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania

August 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

“In India language changes every thousand kilometres, and everyone worships their own god. Regardless of that, cricket is being played everywhere”, says J. K. Tandon, CEO of A&Z Exports International. Last week the Indian company has donated cricket equipment to the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania. Cricket team at KTU, the second largest university in Lithuania with almost 300 students from Southeast Asia, has been founded in 2013. […]

Public trust in Lithuania’s healthcare system growing

August 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Half of Lithuanians trust the country’s healthcare system, a poll carried out by joint Lithuanian-British market research and public opinion poll company Baltijos Tyrimai has revealed. […]

Lithuanian judge born in deportation removes himself from hearing Soviet agent case

August 9, 2015 BNS 0

Judge Pranas Šimkus in the northern Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has withdrawn from hearing the case of Jonas Gailiūnas, 87, a former Soviet secret service agent who is standing trial for the deportation of Lithuanian people during the Soviet times. […]

80,000 children in Lithuania to get free school meals

August 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

There are plans in the upcoming school year to provide around 80,000 schoolchildren in Lithuania with free school lunch. The state is also to give financial assistance to 78,000 children with purchasing school supplies. […]

Reconstructed Ventė Cape ornithological station opened in Lithuania

August 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On 30 July, the ornithological station of Ventė Cape was opened after reconstruction. The guests of the opening ceremony included Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas, the Environment Ministry reports. […]

Mission Siberia participants share impressions with Russian ambassador

August 6, 2015 BNS 0

Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov met with participants of Mission Siberia 2015 earlier this week after they returned to Lithuania from the Russian region of Tomsk. […]

Lithuania in for biggest heatwave this year

August 5, 2015 BNS 0

This year’s biggest heatwave is expected in Lithuania this week, weather services said. […]

How do people in Vilnius react to two guys holding hands?

August 4, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Two guys holding hands in Moscow and Kiev – participants of a recent social experiment aimed at testing Russians’ and Ukrainians’ attitudes towards gay people – have not been received kindly. DELFI has repeated the test in the capital of Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian health minister suggests fines for parents who fail to vaccinate children

August 3, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, of the Social Democratic Party, has suggested introducing fines for parents who do not vaccinate their children. […]

No orphanages in Vilnius by 2020, authorities say

August 3, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilnius authorities have pledged to work hard over the next five years in order to reduce the number of infants and children living in institutions. Only in the most exceptional cases, when foster parents cannot be found, will children be housed in an orphanage, Vilnius City Council reports. […]