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Vilnius considers free public transport for Feb. 16
Vilnius is considering free public transport for passengers on Feb. 16, the centennial anniversary of Lithuania’s statehood. […]
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Lithuanian runner completes 8,000 km for centennial anniversary
Lithuanian ultra-marathoner Aidas Ardzijauskas returned to Vilnius on Sunday evening after covering 8,000 km from the Senegalese capital Dakar for the upcoming centennial anniversary of Lithuania’s statehood. […]
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3 lecturers of Vilnius Academy of Art accused of sexual harassment
Ethics watchdogs of the senate of the Vilnius Academy of Art is looking into student complaints over possibly unethical conduct of three of the academy’s lecturers. […]
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Over 0.5 mln Lithuanians screened for cancer in 2017 under preventive programs
Some 552,000 people in Lithuania were last year screened for cancer under state-financed prevention and early detection programs, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Friday. […]
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Vilnius Arts Academy’s ethics panel to look at sexual harassment allegations
The Ethics Committee of the Senate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, is holding a meeting on Thursday to discuss sexual harassment allegations against two of its lecturers. […]
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ECHR ruling paves way for profits by hurting churchgoers – Lithuanian bishop
The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the advertisement with Jesus and Mary dangerously paves way for businesses to profit by insulting religious members of the society and desecrating their religion, says Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, the chairman of the Lithuanian Conference of Bishops. […]
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Embassy of Israel welcomes Lithuania’s decision to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism
The Embassy of Israel welcomes the Lithuanian Government’s decision to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of anti-Semitism, the Embassy of Israel stated in a press release. […]
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Vilnius Academy of Art professor resigns after anonymous sexual exploitation allegations
Jonas Gasiūnas, professor at the Vilnius Academy of Art and National Prize winner, is stepping down after anonymous accusations of sexually exploiting his female students, lrytas.lt news portal said. […]
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Lithuanian president: it’s our duty to invest in teachers
Lithuania must invest in the teaching profession as the nation’s freedom and future depends on teachers, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
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Law-enforcement should probe sexual abuse allegations against Gasiūnas – PM
Allegations that Jonas Gasiūnas, a professor at Vilnius Academy of Arts, prominent painter and Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize laureate, sexually abused female students should be probed by law-enforcement bodies, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
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Vilnius-based EHU can operate under old authorization until July 2019 – PM
European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, will be able to continue operations in Vilnius under its old authorization until July 2019, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
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Vilnius Academy of Arts suspends professor amid sexual abuse allegations (Updated)
Audrius Klimas, the rector of Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, says that Professor Jonas Gasiūnas has been suspended for two weeks following reports that he allegedly sexually abused female students. […]
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Lithuanian government plans to allow EHU studies until 2019
The European Humanities University (EHU), a Belarusian university operating in exile in Vilnius and mainly enrolling Belarusian students, should lose its permit for studies in January of 2019 after a negative expert conclusion. […]
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Flu epidemic declared in 9 Lithuanian municipalities
With flu and acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) cases across Lithuania having reached an epidemic level, a flu epidemic has been declared in nine municipalities, classes can be cancelled in some schools. […]
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Lithuania’s consumer rights guards to take note of ruling in Jesus jeans case
The Lithuanian State Consumer Rights Protection Authority says it will take into consideration the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which suggests that Lithuania unjustifiably restricted a clothing advertising campaign that used models and captions referring to “Jesus” and “Mary”. […]
Global LT
Lithuania’s population shrinks by nearly 38,000 in 2017
Some 2.81 million people permanently resided in Lithuania in early 2018, which is a decline by 37,800 persons or 1.3 percent from the beginning of last year, Statistics Lithuania said on Tuesday, citing emigration as the main reason behind the decline of the population. […]
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Strasbourg court: Lithuania unjustifiably restricted ‘Jesus’ and ‘Mary’ ad campaign
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Lithuania unjustifiably restricted a clothing advertising campaign that used models and captions referring to “Jesus” and “Mary”. […]
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Flu epidemic declared in Kaunas, several other Lithuanian municipalities
The city of Kaunas and the municipalities of Jonava, Prienai and Ukmergė have declared a flu epidemic. […]
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Chiune Sugihara’s legacy-inspired cultural diplomacy
Chiune Sugihara’s legacy continues to live on, reverberating in new culturally significant and socially beneficial ways. […]
History
The yard of a medieval artisan
In the 13th and 14th century, artisans and merchants used to build their homes in the safe neighbourhood of the main castle mounds. More numerous communities of artisans represented a new object in the social landscape because they were not typical in the earlier society of husbandmen and cattle raisers. Quarters inhabited by artisans and their families stretched next to the main political and administrative centres – the castles where dukes resided together with the people constituting their closest environment. Artisans worked to meet the demands of the ducal court. Supposedly, they would sell part of their products or exchange them for daily bread. […]