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Lithuania’s top court to hold meeting on sanctioning wiretapping

Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, is calling a meeting of heads of regional courts on sanctioning monitoring of personal information transmitted via electronic networks. […]

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Disciplinary action taken against chairman of Lithuania’s court of appeals

Lithuania’s Judicial Council has decided that a disciplinary case will be opened against judge Egidijus Žironas, the chairman of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, because a group of judges of his court recently had a dinner at businessman Algimantas Radvilas’ restaurant. […]

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Lithuanian universities launch Health Informatics program

With the rapid progress of science and technology, and the increasing demands of top employers for specialists with knowledge in a range of fields, traditional degree programs are being expanded and diversified. It is with this in mind that Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) have announced the launch of Lithuania’s first ever Health Informatics degree program. […]

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Criticism leveled at Lithuanian government and society at Vilnius Holocaust conference

A conference on Holocaust education was held at Vilnius city hall on 17 April. The conference was the final event in the “Being a Jew” project’s series of events this year marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]

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Israeli Embassy in Lithuania awarded the Righteous Among the Nations

The Embassy of the State of Israel, together with the Lithuanian Jewish community and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, on a Day of remembrance of the Holocaust, this year marked on 16 April, awarded the Righteous Among the Nations. The State of Israel awarded six Lithuanian families, which in spite of the danger during the Second World War, saved Lithuanian Jewish people. The award ceremony was held in the Government’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania. […]

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Vilnius to host conference on equal opportunities

The Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, National Equality and Diversity Forum, the Committee on Human Rights of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Information Office of the Seimas organize the Human Rights Conference on “Equal Opportunities Policy in Europe and in Lithuania: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives”, the European Information Office of the Seimas reports. […]