Contraband cigaretes
Society

Contraband cigarettes found in computers sent to UK from Lithuania

Lithuanian customs officers have checked a shipment of computers, destined for the UK in Vilnius, and found them filled with contraband cigarettes. […]

Society

Several hundred people demanded better health funding in Vilnius

Several hundred doctors and their supporters gathered outside the parliament in Vilnius to demand better funding for the health system. […]

No Picture
Society

Personal stories from the Holocaust in Lithuania told in new website

“We drank tea using the observational method: we would hang a sugar cube by a string and sip tea while looking at it. This didn’t make the tea taste any sweeter, but it cheered us up,” wrote Tamara Lazersonaite in her memoirs. She was the daughter of professor Vladimir Lazersonas, the pioneer of clinical psychology in Lithuania. Professor Lazersonas and his family drank their ostensibly sweetened tea in the Kovno Ghetto.” This is how the Lazersonas family, who were part of Kaunas intelligentsia before the start of World War II, are introduced in the new website stumblingstones.lt, a press release from manoteises.lt states. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuania’s Init facing huge fine for broadcasting Russian TV channel RTR Planeta

The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) is considering issuing a huge fine to TV company Init for its failure to adhere to the RTCL’s order to strop broadcasting of Russian TV channel RTR Planeta and its other versions. […]

The cannabis' culture day in the front of the Parliament
Opinion

A jug of vodka or a joint?

Hello there! I am a lawyer and after getting acquainted to numerous scientific articles, I have come to a conclusion that for the sake of recreational reasons I would rather say “yes” than “no” to a joint. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do this in Lithuania any soon, not only because I conform to the Criminal Code, but also out of fear of being lynched by the so-called pseudo intellectuals. But first things first. […]

Žilvinas Kempinas
Society

President lets US-based artist keep his Lithuanian citizenship

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has let US-based Lithuanian artist Žilvinas Kempinas, a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts and an American citizen, to keep his Lithuanian citizenship. […]