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Hundreds honour Mariupol attack victims in Vilnius
Several hundred people paid tribute to the victims of the recent attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol outside the Lithuanian parliament on Monday night. […]
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Lithuanian TV watchdog channel representatives disagree on law application
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) and representatives of the Russian-language TV channel NTV Mir Lithuania disagree on the application of Lithuanian laws. […]
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Girls in Lithuania to be vaccinated against HPV
Lithuania plans to start free vaccination for girls against the human papilloma virus which is the main cause of cervical cancer. […]
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Event to commemorate victims of Mariupol attack to be held in Vilnius
A special event on Monday evening, 26 January, will pay tribute to victims of Saturday’s attack on Mariupol outside the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. […]
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Euro adoption and crisis in Ukraine reduced Lithuanians’ optimism, according to poll
In December 2014 only every third Lithuanian claimed that the situation in the country has been improving. Compared with November 2014, the number of optimists decreased by 6 percent. According to sociologist and lecturer of Vilnius University, Professor Romas Lazutka, the outburst of pessimism at the end of the year was related to the change of national currency and the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. […]
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Lithuanian courts need to make rulings more understandable and well-reasoned, Supreme Court chief says
Lithuania’s courts are regaining their prestige but there are many challenges ahead, noted Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, at the meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Vilnius University in Top 50 of regional QS world university ranking
QS World University Rankings has published a list of the best universities in the region of emerging Europe and central Asia. Vilnius University (VU) made it to the top 50, ranking in the 32nd place. One more Lithuanian institution, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, ranks slightly lower, in the 47th spot, VU reports. […]
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Lithuanian MP voices threat against LGBT* rights organization
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas has publicly warned the leader of LGL, a Lithuanian LGBT* rights NGO, that the organization is “playing with fire” and that its activities might result in a “black, repulsive and totally unacceptable response” similar to that which “happened in Paris.” The statement by the MP was issued as a response to the organization’s humourous suggestion to use 10-litas notes, that have been taken out of circulation, as LGBT* souvenirs. […]
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Lithuania’s education minister urges universities to tighten admission requirements
The Ministry of Education and Science has addressed higher education institutions urging to announce the lowest passing entrance scores in 2015. The necessity to establish admission threshold is provided for in the Law on Higher Education and Research. […]
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Interior minister denies reports that Russian criminals are granted residence in Lithuania
Russian citizens Akhmed Yevloyev and Oleg Shamanin have not been granted residence permits in Lithuania, the criminals are not on the Interpol’s wanted list either, says Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis. […]
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No hazardous bacteria found in threatening letter received by DELFI
The powder sent to the Vilnius office of DELFI news portal did not contain any hazardous bacteria and the editorial office has been allowed to resume operations, Asta Razmienė of the Vilnius Public Health Centre said Friday morning. […]
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Lithuanian court suspends Russian channel’s broadcasts for 3 months
A Vilnius court on Thursday ruled to suspend broadcasts of the Russian-language Ren TV Baltic in Lithuania for three months. […]
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DELFI offices evacuated due to threatening letter
Thursday morning a letter arrived in the office of DELFI containing threats, in Russian, and suspicious powder. […]
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Lithuanians’ trust in e-government services growing
A study commissioned by the Information Society Development Committee under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania on Lithuanian e-government services revealed that electronic declarations and electronic applications were the most popular form of electronic communication between Lithuanian government agencies and citizens in 2014, the ministry said. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister thanks freedom defender from Ukraine
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Wednesday delivered a letter of gratitude and a memorial gift to Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Dykyi who headed a group of Ukrainians defending the Lithuanian parliament in January 1991. […]
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More discrimination complaints lodged by men than women in Lithuania
59 percent of complaints received by the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson of Lithuania last year came from men, figures show, marking the fourth consecutive year when more complaints are received from men than women. […]
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Lithuanians light candles in tribute to Freedom Defenders
The unity of the Lithuanian nation preserved its freedom that each person must strengthen and cherish, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]