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Arūnas Lukoševičius. Photo courtesy of KTU

KTU Santaka Valley gives hope of early diagnosis of Parkinson’s

November 13, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Rapidly ageing society means higher prevalence of age-related diseases, such as Parkinson’s. Although there is no treatment for Parkinson’s, early accurate diagnosis can stop its progression, says Arūnas Lukoševičius, head of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Biomedical Engineering Institute. Collaborating with physicians, the University scientists are developing more effective methods for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. […]

Lithuanian teachers stage warning strike

November 13, 2014 BNS 0

Part of teachers in Lithuania are holding a warning strike on Thursday, expressing their dissatisfaction over pay. […]

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Lithuania finishes 13 January massacre investigation

November 13, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General‘s Office has finished the pre-trial investigation into the 13 January massacre case in which 69 people, citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, have been named suspects. […]

Lithuanian regulator drops idea to request data on internet browsing

November 12, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) said on Wednesday that it would not request information on user behaviour on the web from internet service providers. […]

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Putin’s chief propagandist to open news desk in Vilnius

November 12, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Dmitry Kiselyov, controversian Russian journalist and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has set his eyes on Lithuania. He has revealed plans to develop a Russian news channel in Vilnius. […]

Lithuania’s top court upholds rulings in Gatayevs case

November 11, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld previous court rulings in the criminal case of Chechen spouses Malik and Khadizhat Gatayevs who have been granted asylum in Finland. The pair had been sentenced for minor impairment to health of their former foster daughter. […]

Lithuanian government considers establishing ethnic minority department

November 10, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Government’s Strategic Committee will consider establishing an Ethnic Minority Department that would replace the Ethnic Minority and Emigration Department closed in 2010, a government representatives said on Monday. […]

DELFI by the Lithuania Tribune has 4,000 followers on Facebook

November 10, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

As many as 4,000 users follow news and views from Lithuania on Facebook. […]

Northern Lithuanian city in rows over Soviet soldiers’ memorial

November 10, 2014 BNS 0

Conservative members in the city council of Šiauliai, north Lithuania, want to remove graves of Soviet soldiers and an obelisk with their names out of the city’s central Resurrection Square. Mayor Justinas Sartauskas of the Social Democrats disagrees. […]

Over 100 Lithuanian schools to go on warning strike this week

November 10, 2014 BNS 0

The teachers‘ strike planned in Lithuania this week will include at least 107 educational institutions, with teachers refusing to teach students for the first two periods in schools, pre-school teachers refusing to accept children for two hours and teachers of non-formal institutions refusing to work for the first two hours of work. […]

Lithuanian citizen charged with spying

November 10, 2014 BNS 0

Espionage charges have been brought against a Lithuanian citizen, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said. […]

WIPO Director General Francis Gurry during a visit to Mykolas Romeris University Photo Vidūnas Gelumbauskas

WIPO Director General Gurry talks to Lithuanian students about future of libraries

November 9, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Last Tuesday, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry gave a lecture to a packed auditorium of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) students discussing competition, access to knowledge and the role of libraries in the future. […]

7 of 10 Lithuanians avoid health check-ups

November 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Most Lithuanians (68.5 percent) go to see a doctor only when they are seriously ill. 68 percent of people aged 15-19, 70 percent aged 30-39, and 61 percent aged 60-74 said they have a doctor’s appointment only if seriously ill. The data comes from TNS Atlas survey carried out by market research company TNS LT. […]

Lithuania helps shut down illegal international online trade network

November 7, 2014 BNS 0

In cooperation with law enforcement officers from 16 EU member states, including prosecutors from Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office and criminal police investigators, US officers have shut down an illegal international online trade network. […]

World’s biggest LIKE to be lit in Lithuania

November 7, 2014 BNS 0

The biggest Facebook’s LIKE symbol will be lit in Lithuania’s southern resort of Druskininkai on Friday and a symbolic capsule will be buried to mark the start of the construction of a cable car. […]

Vilnius court upholds decision to blacklist Russian historian

November 7, 2014 BNS 0

A Vilnius court on Thursday rejected as unfounded an appeal of Russian citizen Alexander Dyukov who asked the court to revoke Lithuanian border guards’ decision to refuse him entry into the country and delete a relevant entry from the Interior Ministry’s national registry. […]

Filmmaker’s nude fundraising campaign met with mix of support and criticism

November 7, 2014 Christine Neijstrom 0

The Lithuanian filmmaker who opened his tuxedo shirt to expose a Free Pussy Riot T-shirt when he walked the red carpet at the 2013 Moscow International Film Festival is unbuttoning again. On Monday Romas Zabarauskas revealed that he disrobed to finance his next feature length film, You Can’t Escape Lithuania. […]