Society
Rise in illegal migrants from Vietnam crossing Lithuania
A sharp increase in the number of detained border violators from Vietnam has been observed in Lithuania, the State Border Guard Service says. […]
Society
Society
Estonian man arrested in Panevėžys with 4 undocumented immigrants
An Estonian suspected of unlawfully transporting people across state borders was detained in northern Lithuania on Thursday, local authorities said. […]
Society
Mission Siberia 2014 back in Lithuania
The team of Mission Siberia 2014 has returned to Lithuania after two weeks of taking care of cemeteries of Lithuanian deportees in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. […]
Society
Mission Siberia: Looking for disappearing graves of Lithuanian deportees thousands kilometres from home
Sixteen members of Mission Siberia 2014 have cleaned up graves at nine cemeteries of Lithuanian deportees in the Russian region of Krasnoyarsk and are coming back to Vilnius on Friday. […]
Society
Lithuanian human rights activists’ visit to Russian embassy attracts controversy
The founders of the Lithuanian Centre for the Coordination of Human Rights – director of the Foundation for the Assistance of Civil Defense Vytautas Budnikas and leader of the association Non-Partisan Democratic Movement Krescencijus Stoškus – attended a discussion at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Wednesday, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
Society
Lithuania marks 23rd anniversary of Medininkai massacre
Speaking at the 23rd anniversary of the Medininkai checkpoint massacre, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called for taking daily care of the state. […]
Society
Society
EHU completes core faculty hiring
The European Humanities University (EHU) has completed its core faculty hiring process, the goal of which is to strengthen the quality of teaching and research at the University and provide better working conditions for the faculty. […]
Society
Eglė Kusaitė’s terrorism case handed to Supreme Court
The Prosecutor General’s Office has turned to the Supreme Court of Lithuania with an appeal against the acquittal of Eglė Kusaitė, a young Lithuanian woman who was originally convicted for terrorist attempt in Chechnya. […]
Society
Society
Lithuania moves up in UN Human Development Report
Lithuania has moved up in the recently released United Nations’ Human Development Report which measures improvements in health and longevity, income and education, and personal security. […]
Society
Echoes of the Great War resonate a century later
On 28 July 1914, exactly one month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were shot dead, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The stage was set for World War I, an inevitable result of decades of political manoeuvring, militarization, alliances and planning for a conflict that would shatter the great European epoch, laying waste to empires and ascendant nations. […]
Society
UNICEF mission from Lithuania to leave for Haiti
On Monday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the organizers and members of the 4th UNICEF mission from Lithuania. […]
Society
Lithuanian postal service employees threatened by angry dogs
In the course of six months of the current year, loose and aggressive dogs have attacked more postmen than during the entire previous year. In all, dogs have attacked and injured seven employees of Lithuania Post this year. To compare, five such cases were reported last year, Lithuania Post informs. […]
Society
Sporting event to commemorate Medininkai massacre 23rd anniversary
27 July marks the 23rd anniversary when seven Lithuanian officers were killed in the Medininkai border post on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. […]
Society
LBTQI Sapfo Fest: “To be out and proud is the long-term goal”
Almost 200 participants are gathering 60 kilometers from Vilnius for Sapfo Fest, Lithuania’s third annual grassroots LBTQI (lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex) festival meeting on the grounds of Šironija, a country homestead in Papiškiai, from 25 to 27 July. […]
Society
Maxima owner Nerijus Numavičius tops Lithuania’s millionaire list
Nerijus Numavičius, the largest shareholder of Vilniaus Prekyba Group, owner of Maxima grocery store chain, remains the richest person in Lithuania with assets worth 3.6 billion litas (EUR 1.04 billion), according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the Veidas magazine on Friday. […]
Society
Nearly 15,000 scholarship students enter Lithuanian state-funded institutions
The number of students given scholarships to study in state-funded education institutions in Lithuania rose to 14,922 this year, up from 14,855 last year. […]
Society
ENAR demands apology from Lithuania’s Interior Ministry for racial profiling
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR), comprising of more than 170 non-governmental organizations, has turned to the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and has asked for an official apology to Lithuanian Muslim community, the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) informs. […]
Society
Holidaymakers at Lithuanian coast resort injured amidst strong winds
Several people were injured at Baltic coast in Lithuania on Thursday by a sudden powerful gust of wind. […]