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Lithuanian appeals court upholds prison sentences in spying case
The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on Friday upheld prison sentences against a former Lithuanian Air Force officer and a Russian citizen convicted for spying. […]
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At least 5 Polish TV channels to be broadcast in southeastern Lithuania starting May
At least five Polish television channels will be made available to viewers in Lithuania’s southeastern districts with large ethnic Polish communities starting May. […]
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Lithuania marks 28 yrs of restored independence, 100th anniversary of partisan leader
Lithuania marks on Sunday the 28th anniversary of restoration of independence and the 100th birth anniversary of the anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]
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Emigration numbers down in Lithuania in Feb m/m
More than 3,000 people emigrated from Lithuania in February, which marks a 30-percent drop from January statistics, latest figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on Friday. […]
History
A sport airplane and herbicide were among the first innovations of the restored Lithuanian state
Although today, after hearing the word “innovation”, many of us still think about rocket science, most of the innovations of the past 100 years in the world and Lithuania were simple of make yet were very useful improvements and inventions. They improved the daily lives of millions of people, but often we have never heard the inventors’ names. […]
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Poles in Pagan Lithuania
Lithuanian and Polish ethnic territories did not have a common border in the Middle Ages because they were separated by Yotvingian lands. The first closer contacts between Lithuanians and Poles date back to 1209–1211, when Lithuanians started organising raids into Polish lands. […]
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Flu cases continue fall in Lithuania
Flu cases in Lithuania have been on the decline for the past three weeks, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said. […]
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Staff of Lithuania’s migration system assisted in illegal entry schemes – interior minister
Employees of the Lithuanian migration system were involved in schemes facilitating illegal entry in the country, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has confirmed. […]
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12 apply for head of Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT
Among applicants for director general of the Lithuanian national radio and television (LRT) are Audrius Siaurusevičius who headed the LRT for two terms, former editor-in-chief of delfi.lt news portal Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė and political reviewer Bernardas Gailius of the conservatives. […]
History
Lithuania viewing history more openly on 100-yr anniversary of guerrilla chief – historian
One of Lithuania’s most prominent guerrilla leaders, Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, would have turned 100 on Tuesday, and Kęstutis Girnius, philosopher who wrote a book on Guerrilla Fighting in Lithuania, says that the attention given to the personality on the occasion shows an increasingly open approach of the nation towards the country’s history. […]
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None of 5 applicants to head Russian theatre in Vilnius scores minimum number of points
None of the five applicants for the job of director of the Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania scored the minimum number of points in the selection process on Monday. […]
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17 refugees sent back to Lithuania from other EU countries
Seventeen refugees have been sent back to Lithuania from other countries of the European Union (EU) after being relocated to Lithuania under the EU program but violating the requirement to settle in the country. […]
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Lithuanian leaders convey condolence over passing of tenor Noreika
Lithuania’s top-ranking officials have delivered condolences over the passing of tenor Virgilijus Noreika, one of the most prominent Lithuanian opera soloists who has been awarded the National Culture and Arts Prize. […]
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Constitutional Court finds chief vet’s sacking in line with Main Law
The dismissal of Jonas Milius from the post of Lithuania’s chief veterinary officer was in line with the country’s Organic Law, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday, however, the grounds behind the dismissal will yet be discussed by the Vilnius court that had turned to the Constitutional Court for the interpretation. […]
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Catholic church in Lithuania admits child sexual abuse by cleric
The Vilnius Archdiocese has conducted an inquiry into sexual abuse of priest Kęstutis Ralys as a child, concluding that there is only “moral certainty” about the case, Gintaras Grušas, archbishop of the Lithuanian capital, told a news conference on Friday. […]
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St. Casimir’s Fair kicks off in Vilnius with special focus on Lithuania’s centenary
St. Casimir’s Fair, known as Kaziuko Mugė in Lithuanian, is kicking off in Vilnius on Friday with a special focus on the centenary of the restoration of Lithuania’s statehood. […]
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Lithuania holds National Dictation competition
Thousands of people in Lithuania and abroad are expected to take part in the annual National Dictation competition on Friday. […]
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Sixteen people injured in Polish coach accident in Lithuania
Sixteen people were injured when a coach traveling from the Polish city of Lublin to Vilnius ran off the road in southern Lithuania on Thursday evening. […]
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Smoking habit to become increasingly expensive – finance minister
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka says that the increase in excise duty on tobacco products starting Thursday may continue rising, however, excise on alcohol and oil will not go up in the nearest future. […]
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Court acquits man convicted for approval of Soviet crimes
A Vilnius court on Thursday acquitted Jurijus Subotinas, a resident of Lithuania’s eastern city of Visaginas who had been convicted for publishing a comment that expressed support to Soviet deportations. […]