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Lithuania posts modest results in combatting foreign bribery, but is on right track

Lithuania has, so far, achieved modest results in combating bribery in international business transactions, but the country has taken significant steps to improve these efforts, Transparency International said in a report published on Wednesday. […]

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Lithuanian regulator considers allowing over-the-counter Viagra

Following meetings with US pharmaceutical producers, the Lithuanian State Medicines Control Agency (VVKT) is considering allowing registering over-the-counter medicines for treating erectile dysfunction. […]

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Lithuanians flood their country with hundreds of rainbow flags as police investigate homophobic arson attacks

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, sharing photos with the hashtag #LGBTdraugiškaLietuva (LGBT friendly Lithuania). […]

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Lithuanian students start internship at NASA

The Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) has announced that 4 students have been selected to participate in the international internship program at NASA Ames Research Center. Students have already left for NASA Ames, located in the USA, California, and on the first days of September started their autumn internship program together with other international students from more than 12 countries, a press release from the Lithuanian agency states. […]

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Papal visit puts Lithuania in global spotlight – Vilnius archbishop

Pope Francis‘ visit to Lithuania in late September will place the country in the world’s spotlight, Gintaras Grušas, the archbishop of Vilnius, said on Tuesday. […]