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US plans investigative journalism training in Baltic states

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

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Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania

“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. […]

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Reconstructed Ventė Cape ornithological station opened in Lithuania

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. […]

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No orphanages in Vilnius by 2020, authorities say

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. […]

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Rescuers reach Lithuanian group in Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan

Rescuers have reached a group of Lithuanian travellers stuck on the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. The group is now being led down, and the rescuers will also bring the body of a female traveller killed during a stone fall. […]