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Auditors say Lithuania’s statutory officers don’t have access to adequate healthcare

October 27, 2014 ELTA EN 0

In Lithuania, statutory officers are covered by compulsory health insurance; therefore, like the rest of the population, they are entitled to free healthcare services paid by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) in the healthcare facility of their choice. […]

Over half Lithuanians consider Russia a threat

October 27, 2014 DELFI EN 0

As many as 55 percent of people in Lithuania consider Russia a threat to the Baltic states, according to a recent survey. […]

Philosopher Nerija Putinaitė on three Lithuanian Europes

October 27, 2014 DELFI EN 0

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 – Lithuania’s most international school

October 26, 2014 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Lithuania’s health laboratory ready to test Ebola

October 25, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory (NPHSL) is ready diagnose Ebola following a training event held earlier this week, Algirdas Griškevičius, head of the NPHSL’s Clinical Testing Department, said on Friday. […]

Lithuania to open Norwegian-style halfway houses to transition prison inmates into freedom

October 25, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Using Norway‘s experience as inspiration, Lithuania will establish halfway houses in four locations for prison inmates who are about to complete their sentences. […]

Despite hike in weapon sales, Lithuania remains among least armed nations

October 24, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Vladimir Simonko of the Lithuanian Gay League

Lithuanian LGBT rights organization appeals against social ad ban

October 23, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuanian court sanctions arrest of fugitive former MP

October 23, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuania issues most residency permits to Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians

October 22, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuanian ‘Soviet’ sausages cause stir in Russia

October 22, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuanian food producer Samsonas has decided to discontinue using the “Soviet” brand on a line of its meat products. While the decision was welcomed in Lithuania, it caused quite a stir in Russia. […]

Prosecutors investigate Lithuanian school students’ participation in Russian paramilitary camps

October 22, 2014 BNS 0

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 drop munitions trafficking suspicions against Belarusian officer

October 22, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuanian capital to play EU anthem at official events

October 21, 2014 BNS 0

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. […]