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The Russian information war in Lithuania
Lithuania is one of many countries where Russia is waging war for hearts and minds – the information war. It is a war fought on television, the internet, and newspapers without any loss of human life. The goal, however, is the same as in any classic warfare scenario: controlling the central political processes of the enemy state. […]
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Lithuanian TV channels refuse to air LGBT rights social ad
After Lithuanian TV broadcasters refuse to air a social ad video promoting LGBT rights, the inspector of journalist ethics promised to look into the matter. […]
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Lithuanian government rejects proposal to link definition of family to marriage
The Government of Lithuania has rejected proposed amendments, which are now being discussed in parliament, to link family to the institution of marriage. According to the Government, such a definition would be restrictive and discriminatory. […]
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Former president Adamkus: Polish-speakers don’t appreciate what they have in Lithuania
The Polish-speaking minority in Lithuania do not appreciate the conditions created for them and do not want to adapt to the Lithuanian laws, the country’s former President Valdas Adamkus says. […]
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Lithuania’s most wanted criminal detained in Russia
One of the most wanted criminals in Lithuania, Romas Zamolskis, 44, has been detained in Russia, Lithuania’s police said on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuania’s Culture Ministry to draft anti-propaganda bill
Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday it was drafting proposals on ways to fight Russia’s propaganda directed against Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors launch terrorism probe into calls to join separatists in Ukraine
The chief prosecutor of Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office cancelled the decision of a prosecutor from the Department for Criminal Prosecution not to initiate an investigation into incitement of terrorism. Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas had turned to prosecutors saying that calls on social media to go and support separatist fighters in east Ukraine might be construed as incitement of terrorism. […]
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Over half Lithuanians think situation in country getting worse
More than half of Lithuanians (52 percent) believe the situation in the country has gotten worse recently, whereas 42 percent say the situation has been improving. Two percent of those polled have no opinion on it, a Baltijos Tyrimai poll, commissioned by ELTA and conducted on 15-30 July, shows. […]
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Over 70 savers of Jews apply for freedom fighter status in Lithuania
Over 70 people who saved Jews during World War Two have applied to be granted the status of freedom fighters in Lithuania. They became eligible to such a status after new amendments came into force a month and a half ago. […]
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Over 17,000 young people left Lithuania in 2013
17,600 young people emigrated from Lithuania last year, and 8,800 returned, according to figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]
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Children of Ukrainian troops arrive in Lithuania
Several dozen children of Ukrainian troops and Crimean Tatars arrived in Lithuania on Friday to have a short break. […]
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Kaunas University of Technology international relations department head: Internationality is a way to nurture broad-mindedness
“Lithuania is not an entity existing solely within its borders any more, nor are the universities. The most successful and valuable research and study projects are being carried out with international partners. On the other hand, only by staying open to the world can we treasure and sustain our traditions and values,” says Rūta Avulytė Moreira, the Director of Department of International Relations at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). […]
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Russian historian Alexander Dyukov – persona non grata in Lithuania for whitewashing Soviet crimes
Alexander Dyukov, a Russian citizen who was not allowed to enter Lithuania earlier this week, is a representative of the Russian special services, using his publications to justify crimes of the Stalinist regime, according to historian and Lithuanian MP Arvydas Anušauskas. […]
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Mayor of Kaunas signs up for military volunteer training
Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, and several other municipal officials will undergo basic military skill training for volunteers over the next few weeks, according to the Kauno Diena daily. […]
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Two Latvians detained in Lithuania following police shoot-out
Two Latvians were detained in Lithuania’s Rokiškis District near the Lithuanian-Latvian border on Sunday night after local police fired several shots to stop their vehicle. Nobody was injured in the incident. The Latvians are suspected of having injured a teenage cyclist, 15, in a hit-and-run. […]
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Why Viasat will not stop airing propagandist Russian channels
A couple of weeks ago, Lithuania lifted the three-month suspension of the broadcasting of the Russian channel RTR Planeta. Prior to that, NTV Mir Lithuania resumed its broadcasts. Along with the PBK (First Baltic Channel), these channels comprise the backbone of the pro-Putin propaganda that is disseminated in Lithuania. This and more is covered in the following journalist investigation. […]
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Statistics Lithuania: Women significantly outnumber men
Statistics Lithuania informs that, at the beginning of 2014, the estimated number of women in Lithuania was 1,587.5 thousand, that of men, 1,356 thousand. Women outnumbered men by 231.5 thousand. […]
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Lithuania lost over 12 percent of population in under a decade
Statistics Lithuania informs that, at the beginning of 2014, the estimated population of Lithuania stood at 2943.5 thousand, i.e., 28.4 thousand (1 percent) below what it was at the beginning of 2013. In 2005-2013, the population declined by 411.7 thousand, or 12.3 percent. […]