As Lithuania has been a member of a great supranational union for a decade now, Lithuanians are forced to confront the question of their collective identity, says philosopher Nerija Putinaitė. In her new book, “Three Lithuanian Europes: Nation, Europe, the EU in modern identity”, she argues that the question of what it means to be Lithuanian closely relates to visions of Europe. […]
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has attracted the largest number of international students among all Lithuanian institutions of higher education as 200 new international students enrolled in KTU this year. The university has 460 foreign students now, KTU said in a statement. […]
Thousands of civilians in Lithuania currently own weapons that could be used for national defence and the number is rising. However, Lithuania is among the least armed nations worldwide, the weekly magazine Veidas reports. […]
The Lithuanian Gay League turned to court on Thursday, asking it to revoke the decision by the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics‘ that a social ad about LGBT people should be restricted under a controversial protection of minors law. […]
The District Court of Kaunas, the second-largest city of Lithuania, on Tuesday sanctioned the arrest of former member of the Seimas Neringa Venckienė, charged with various criminal acts. […]
Most of the residency permits issued by Lithuania were given to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian nationals last year, according to a report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has opened an investigation into suspected assistance to a foreign country to act against the Republic of Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian prosecutors have decided to drop suspicions against Dmitry Konoplyanik, the chief of the Belarusian Investigation Committee’s Minsk Board, and his wife of attempting to smuggle munitions across the state border. […]
Vilnius will play the national anthem of Lithuania and the anthem of the European Union (EU) during official protocol events from now on, the Lithuanian capital’s municipality said on Tuesday. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy will also be played at events in public schools. […]
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has dropped an administrative case over putting up bilingual Lithuanian-Polish street signs in a number of settlements in Vilnius District after they were removed. […]
Martial arts film star Jean-Claude Van Damme will give a lesson to 20 young karate students in Lithuania this week. The students will be selected by the Lithuanian Kyokushin Karate Federation. […]
The Food Bank (Maisto Bankas) campaign which took place on Friday and Saturday throughout Lithuania saw record high contributions, the organisers say. […]
The attitude towards deaf children and children with hearing disabilities in Lithuania is improving, but lack of hearing aids financed by the state remains the main problem, said organizers of a conference of PAGAVA society which unites families with children with hearing disabilities. […]
The Lithuanian National Union of Students has presented their higher education vision, which sees Lithuania reducing the number of higher education institutions and universities by 2030. […]
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