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Pensioners to rally in Vilnius to demand higher pensions

Pensioners will rally in Vilnius on Thursday to demand higher pensions and to call on the government to stop transfers from the state social insurance fund Sodra to private pension funds. […]

Hashish bust
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Almost 80 kilos of hashish nabbed at Lithuania’s border with Poland

Lithuanian customs officials have seized almost 80 kilograms of hashish hidden in a car that was pulled over for a check at the border with Poland, the Customs Criminal Service said on Wednesday. […]

Joana Bikulčienė
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Lithuanian Blood Center chief suspected of helping businesses monopolize plasma collection

Joana Bikulčienė, top executive of the Lithuanian National Blood Center who has been detained for two weeks, is suspected of aiming to help a private company to monopolize the collection of blood plasma and supply of blood constituents in Lithuania. […]

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Lithuania’s road agency plans 1st tender for Vilnius–Utena highway reconstruction Friday

Lithuania’s Road Administration will Friday call the first tender for reconstruction of the country’s only concrete highway Vilnius-Utena built a few decades ago, the agency’s acting chief Vitalijus Andrejevas told BNS. […]