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Lithuania’s Neringa to commemorate Sartre, French prisoners
French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and World War I’s French prisoners will be commemorated in Lithuania’s coastal municipality of Neringa. […]
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Flags with Nazi symbols hanged in Vilnius
Flags with Nazi symbols were spotted hanging on three bridges in Vilnius on Friday. […]
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Dealing with real and fake news in the age of ubiquitous media
Media can be a veritable minefield these days and the European Business Network invited its members and business breakfast guests to learn a little about talking to and consuming the media. The speaker, Ludo Segers, gave a fascinating presentation about the state of affairs and offered some valuable insights into “what to do when you become the news”. […]
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Lithuania plans two Mission Siberia expeditions this year
Lithuania this year plans to send two Mission Siberia expeditions to Russia to clean up deportees’ graves. […]
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Decisions on visas made twice as fast, InterMin says
Lithuania’s Migration Department made decisions on 700 national visa applications in March, compared to around 300 a month earlier, the Ministry of the Interior says. […]
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Blood Center’s chief steps down amid corruption probe
Joana Bikulčienė, head of the Lithuanian National Blood Center, has asked to be dismissed. […]
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Foreigners’ political dispute in Lithuania ends in fight
A pre-trial investigation into public disorder was launched in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, when two foreigners got into a fight in the city center over politics. […]
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Commission suggests removing monument to Cvirka in central Vilnius
A commission of the Vilnius city municipality suggests removing the monument to writer Petras Cvirka in central part of the Lithuanian capital due to his role in consolidating Soviet occupation of the country during World War II. […]
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Lithuania renames Museum of Genocide Victims
The Museum of Genocide Victims, situated in the former KGB building in Vilnius, has been renamed the Museum of Occupation and Freedom Fighters. […]
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One of Europe’s most dangerous gangs disbanded in Lithuania – police chief
Lithuanian police detained 19 people linked to an organized crime group during a large-scale operation in the country’s second-biggest city of Kaunas on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian prosecutors to propose sentences against 66 defendants in 1991 crackdown trial
Public prosecutors from the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday started delivering their concluding statements in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius. […]
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Number of births in Lithuania may hit 60-year low this year – media
A researcher predicts that Lithuania this year may record the lowest number of births in the past 60 years, the Delfi news website reported on Tuesday. […]
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Klaipėda port set to open cruise season
A new cruise season is kicking off in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda with the arrival of this year’s first cruise ship, Astoria, on Tuesday morning. […]
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TB cases among Lithuanian children on rise, treatment results worst in Europe
Lithuania has Europe’s worst multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment success rate and the number of children ill with tuberculosis in the country is on the increase, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS has warned. […]
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Female ex-employees of EU gender equality institute in Vilnius: Harassment was widespread
Sexual harassment at the European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius was more widespread than the few cases of harassment, former foreign employees of the European Union‘s (EU) institution told BNS. […]
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Klaipėda University rector resigns
Eimutis Juzeliūnas is resigning from the post of rector of the Klaipėda University, the university based in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda said on Monday. […]
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Ex-MP Pūkas’ sexual harassment case reaches court
Lithuanian prosecutors have handed to court a criminal case where ex-MP Kęstutis Pūkas is charged with sexual harassment and violation of firearm storage rules. […]
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Experts forecast lower 2018 emigration statistics for Lithuania
Experts predict that the wave of emigration from Lithuania will this year be smaller than in was in 2017, while immigration into the country will grow, shows a survey conducted by BNS. […]
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Turks win contract for Kaunas stadium, but Lithuanian court halts deal – media
Turkey’s Kayi Insaar Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirket has won the bidding for a contract to reconstruct the Darius and Girėnas Sports Center in Kaunas, but the deal has been put on hold due to a court dispute, the 15min news website reported on Friday. […]