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Lithuanian parliament proposes total ban on legal gender recognition

November 14, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

On November 10th, 2017 the group of 31 MPs in the Lithuanian Parliament registered a legislative proposal, which aims at banning legal gender recognition (i.e. change of identity documents for transgender persons) and all medical procedures pertaining to gender reassignment treatment. This proposal stands in a sharp contrast with the jurisprudence of the national courts, granting legal gender recognition based on self-identification of a trans individual and corresponding mental diagnosis. If approved, Lithuania would become the only country within the broader region of the Council of Europe with an explicit ban on gender reassignment procedure, a press release from the Lithuanian Gay League states. […]

Lithuanian culture minister applauds those speaking out about sexual misconduct

November 14, 2017 BNS 0

Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson on Monday voiced her support for women and men who come forward about sexual abuse as public accusations of sexual misconduct were made against Lithuania’s internationally-known film director Šarūnas Bartas. […]

Lithuanian actress accuses film director of sexual abuse

November 13, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuanian actress Julija Steponaitytė has accused film director Šarūnas Bartas of sexual abuse, saying the director hit on her when she was drunk. […]

World War One memorial remembrance service held in Vilnius

November 13, 2017 Bill Pahl 0

On the morning of Sunday November 12th a World War One memorial remembrance service was held at the Vilnius International Church on Vokiečių Street. […]

Sleet inundates Klaipėda: city South turns into a lake

November 13, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

On Monday morning numerous Klaipėda residents had to resolve the problem of how to float their cars out of their yards and go to work. The Southern part of the port city was faced with severe flooding of its streets and yards. […]

Lithuania denies residence permits to 18 foreigners posing as business people

November 10, 2017 BNS 0

Eighteen foreigners posing as business people have been denied residence permits in Lithuania, the Migration Department said on Friday. […]

Vanagaite’s remarks about Lithuanian partisan leader not a crime – prosecutors

November 10, 2017 BNS 0

Recent remarks by Rūta Vanagaitė, an author and public relations specialist, about Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander, cannot be recognized as a crime as there is no evidence that she deliberately made false statements with the aim of undermining people’s respect, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Friday. […]

Lithuania’s emigration, immigration sets new records – official statistics

November 9, 2017 BNS 0

More residents emigrated from Lithuania in January through October this year, as compared with the entire calendar of 2016, however, immigration numbers also reached new highs, Statistics Lithuania said on Thursday. […]

Vilnius hosts conference on anti-Semitism and xenophobia

November 9, 2017 BNS 0

Vilnius is on Thursday hosting a conference in which scientists and diplomats are discussing the historical memory of the Holocaust and ways of reducing manifestations of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in society. […]

US officials urge Lithuania to return Jewish property

November 8, 2017 BNS 0

US officials and the Lithuanian Jewish community are urging the government to return private property to Holocaust survivors and their descendants, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Wednesday. […]

Polish truck driver detained in Lithuania with smuggled cigarettes worth EUR 1.5 mln

November 7, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuanian police have found a large consignment of smuggled cigarettes in a truck driven by a Polish national. […]

Lithuania presents Vatican gardens with 3 oak trees – radio

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

The Aleksandras Stulginskis University has presented three oak trees and a sculpture of Man of Sorrows to Pope Francis on the occasion of 100 years of restored Lithuanian statehood. […]

Lithuanian court orders Ukraine’s politician to pay Hanner group EUR 5 mln

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

Prominent Ukrainian businessman and politician Oleg Radkovski and Ukraine’s company Yugstroi Invest should pay 5.91 million US dollars (EUR 5.03 mln) in loan including interest to Trust Capital, a Lithuanian company linked with the real estate development company Hanner, a Vilnius court ruled on Oct. 20. […]

Amid growing EU control, Lithuania keeps semi-automatic guns with riflemen

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

As the European Union (EU) decided to step up control of some weapons in the wake of terrorist attacks, Lithuania intends to leave the right for members of the Riflemen’s Union and other volunteer troops introduced a year ago to keep their semi-automatic weapons. […]

Landslide below pedestrian walkway on Gediminas Hill Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania’s iconic Gediminas Hill closed to visitors after landslide

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

Specialists on Saturday decided to close the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius to visitors after a landslide on its eastern slope. […]

Lithuanian court finds ban on Russian-made Ren TV Baltic content unlawful

November 6, 2017 BNS 0

The decision taken by the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) more than two years ago to ban rebroadcasts of Russian-made broadcasts of Ren TV Baltic in Lithuania was unlawful, Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled earlier this week. […]

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Unique Jewish archive being revived in Vilnius

November 3, 2017 BNS 0

As a result of intensified Jewish studies in Vilnius, scientists have this year identified thousands of valuable Jewish manuscripts that were hidden in the basement of a church in the Lithuanian capital during the Soviet occupation period and remained scattered among different archives for two decades after the country regained independence. […]

Rūta Vanagaitė, Algis Ramanauskas-Vanagas

Vanagaitė apologizes for lying about Lithuania’s guerrilla leader

November 3, 2017 BNS 0

Rūta Vanagaitė, author and public relations specialist, on Friday admitted having made misleading statements about Lithuania’s anti-Soviet resistance leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and publicly apologized for her “hasty and arrogant comments.” […]

Illegals found aboard Lithuanian ferry in summer sent home

November 3, 2017 BNS 0

Twelve illegal migrants discovered aboard Kaunas Seaways ferry of the Lithuanian ferry company DFDS Seaways last summer have been sent home. […]

Military historians search for Lithuanian independence fighters’ graves in Vilnius

November 3, 2017 BNS 0

Military historians are researching whether or not some participants of the Lithuanian independence wars of 1918-1920 were buried in Vilnius’ Antakalnis Cemetery. […]