Tautiška giesmė pasklido po pasaulį
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Historian Nikžentaitis: Singing Lithuania’s national anthem across the globe is good basis for establishing dual citizenship

Lithuania knows the exact day when it became part of Europe. That was on 6 July 1253, when Duke Mindaugas, shortly after having accepted baptism, was crowned by the Pope of Rome the king of still largely pagan lands. The 6 of July is now celebrated as Lithuania’s Statehood Day and although its a holiday of recent vintage (it was not observed before the 1990s), it already involves a tradition. Each 6 July, Lithuanians in the country and abroad join in the singing of the national anthem. […]

prezidentė Dalia Grybauskaitė
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President Grybauskaitė calls on nation to rediscover Lithuania in State Day address

Congratulating the nation on the State Day in Simonas Daukantas Square outside the Presidential Palace on Monday, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė called on people to rediscover Lithuania. […]

Šiaulių stadionas
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Lithuanian police step up security in Šiauliai ahead of football match

Around 450 police officers will gather in Lithuania’s northern city of Šiauliai on Thursday in preparation for the upcoming football match between the Kruoja Pakruojis and Jagiellonia Bialystok football clubs. […]

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Lithuanian parliament classifies data on ex-KGB collaborators for 75 years

The Seimas of Lithuania decided on Tuesday to classify information about former KGB collaborators for 75 years after 80 MPs voted in favour, 12 were against and 17 abstained. […]

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Kaunas commemorates brutal WWII Jewish pogrom

The massacre of Jews at the Lietūkis garage 74 years ago was one of the most brutal not only in Lithuania but also Europe, Gercas Zakas, the leader of the Jewish community in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, said during a commemoration ceremony on Friday. […]