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Algirdas Kaušpėdas
Society

Algirdas Kaušpėdas: We must invest into Lithuania of the World – with our work, money and direct contacts

February 24, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 11 March, Lithuania will be celebrating a quarter-century anniversary of restoring its independence. Freedom, global Lithuania, the Lithuanian identity and unity are concepts that are dear to Algirdas Kaušpėdas, an architect, singer and one of the leaders of the Sąjūdis, the 1980s liberation movement that culminated in Lithuania declaring independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990. […]

Alvydas Nikžentaitis
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Lithuanian and Russian historians stop cooperation due to Ukraine war

February 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian historians working in a joint commission with Russian colleagues have stopped their cooperation due to developments in Ukraine, the Lietuvos Žinios daily said. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
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No Lithuanian nationals joining terrorist groups, interior minister says

February 18, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country has not yet faced the phenomenon of foreign fighters and has no reports of a single Lithuanian citizen fighting on the side of terrorists. Nevertheless, in his words, Lithuania takes the threat very seriously and understands that well-trained and radical fighters, including citizens of the European Union (EU), returning from zones of armed conflicts may end up in Lithuania. […]

No Picture
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More couples tied the knot last year in Lithuania

February 13, 2015 BNS 0

The number of marriages registered in Lithuania in 2014 went up by 1,500 from the year before, with more couples deciding to wed outside civil registry offices, shows statistics published by the Justice Ministry on the eve of Valentine’s Day. […]

No Picture
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Most Lithuanians concerned about cybercrime, survey shows

February 11, 2015 Bites zurnalas 0

According to a Eurobarometer survey, 85 percent of internet users in the European Union believe that the risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime is growing (a 9-percent increase compared with the survey from 2013). […]

No Picture
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Lithuanian historian: Moscow does not have moral right to host end of WWII celebrations

February 11, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Ronaldas Račinskas, the head of the International Commission for the Evaluation of Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania, approves of the ideas of Polish politicians when they say that events marking the end of World War II hostilities should take place in other European capitals and not in Moscow. He says that Russia continues to justify its actions with categories from World War II. […]

Ministry of Interior
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Interior Ministry to probe how Russian criminals received Lithuanian residency permits

February 9, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The national television news service announced that the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania has promised to ascertain who and for what reason issued a residence permit to Akhmed Yevloyev, a Russian citizen who is alleged to be a high-ranking crime lord. […]