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Secgen, other defendants acquitted in Lithuania’s LBF corruption case
A Vilnius court on Monday acquitted Mindaugas Balčiūnas, secretary general of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, and other defendants in a fraud and corruption case. […]
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Lithuania’s FNTT finds illegal Ukrainian employee at Rimi supermarket
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) has identified a Ukrainian citizen illegally working at a supermarket in Vilnius. […]
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Woman demands EUR 150,000 from Lithuanian hospital for sterilization without her knowledge
A woman is demanding a compensation of 150,000 euros from a hospital in Lithuania’s southern city of Lazdijai for being sterilized there without her knowledge 15 years ago. […]
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Vilnius court closes 1991 crackdown case, to issue ruling in February
A Vilnius court on Friday completed hearings in a mass trial related to the 1991 Soviet crackdown on protesters in the Lithuanian capital, with the ruling to be issued next February. […]
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Fiat Tipo Pope Francis used in Lithuania given to nuns
The Fiat Tipo Pope Francis used during his recent visit to Lithuania has been given to the Congregation of Missionaries of God’s Love Sisters. […]
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Vilnius concludes talks with national stadium builders
The local authority of Vilnius says it has concluded talks with a consortium led by Axis industries on the construction of a national stadium in the Lithuanian capital. […]
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Over half a million packs of cigarettes detained in Lithuanian port of Klaipeda
As part of an investigation into a suspected illegal scheme, a shipment of over half a million packs of cigarettes from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been detained in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, the Customs Criminal Service (CCS) said. […]
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Lithuania seeks to become most attractive European country for life sciences development
The biotechnology sector offers the greatest potential for Lithuania’s cooperation with Japan, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday as he visited BioJapan 2018, Asia’s largest partnering event for the global biotechnology industry. […]
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6,000 residents in Lithuania would be evacuated in case of major Astravyets incident
6,000 residents in Lithuania would have to be evacuated within a 30-km-radius from the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, in case of a major incident at this nuclear facility. […]
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Reburial in Šiauliai splits Lithuania’s Jewish communities
The local Jewish community in Lithuania’s northern city of Šiauliai, which plans to rebury recently-discovered remains of their ancestors, says it is facing resistance from the Jewish Community of Lithuania. The latter says it only wants to keep things in order and ensure that rites are performed by competent rabbis. […]
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Lithuania becoming home to illegal tobacco processors, officials warn
Four facilities used for illegal raw tobacco processing and cigarette production have been uncovered in Lithuania in a year, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
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Ramanauskas was Lithuania’s commander-in-chief, Constitutional Court president says
The guerilla war that started in Lithuania at the end of the second World War Two was the state’s legitimate self-defense against the Soviet aggression and Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, whose remains were buried in a state funeral on Saturday, was the commander-in-chief of the republic’s armed forces, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court‘s president said on Friday. […]
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Russia’s hatred attests to partisan commander’s heroic merits – Lithuanian leaders
Hatred coming from Russia‘s current authorities toward Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas only proves his significance and merits for the nation’s freedom, Lithuania’s leaders said on Friday as they paid tribute to the partisan commander. […]
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“Wolt” celebrates a year in Lithuania. What are Lithuanian eating habits?
The Finnish startup “Wolt”, a fast-growing food service provider in Europe, celebrates its first year in Lithuania this month. During that time, Wolt noticed some tendencies in Lithuanian eating habits. How do they look? […]
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Ramanauskas-Vanagas’ sacrifice inspires young soldiers, Lithuania’s defense chief says
Lithuanian partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas‘ sacrifice and oath execution till his death inspires young soldiers, Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]
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Vilnius holds funeral for Lithuanian partisan commander Ramanauskas-Vanagas (Updated)
Vilnius is hosting a solemn state funeral for Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a Lithuanian armed anti-Soviet resistance commander, on Friday. […]
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Illegal raw tobacco processing plants setting up in Lithuania – customs officials
The Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service (CCS) suspects that shadow raw tobacco processing plants are being set up in the country to supply illegal tobacco to factories across Europe. […]