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Lithuanian prosecutors resume CIA prison probe

Lithuanian prosecutors have resumed an investigation into alleged operations of US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) secret detention centre on Lithuanian soil. […]

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Late fine payment may result in refused driver’s license, gun permit

Persons who fail to pay administrative fines in time should not be issued new driver’s licenses and gun permits, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry has suggested. […]

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“Wider discussion” needed on same-sex partnerships – president

The Lithuanian society needs a “wider discussion” on the legalization of same-sex partnerships, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

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440 people asked for asylum in Lithuania in 2014

The number of asylum applicants in Lithuanian last year stood at 440, a 10 percent increase from 2013 with 400 applications. The applicants in Lithuania in 2014 accounted for 0.1 percent asylum seekers in the European Union in total, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reports. […]