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Vilnius police bust over EUR 2 mln worth of hashish

October 23, 2017 BNS 0

The Vilnius county police have detained more than 2 million euros worth of hashish on the border with Poland. […]

European Humanities University graduation in Vilnius 2016 Photo by Kilimas Arts

European Humanites University set to move to state premises

October 23, 2017 BNS 0

The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, is readying to move to new premises in the old-town part of the Lithuanian capital to be provided by the Education and Science Ministry. […]

Over EUR 400,000 worth of groceries donated to Lithuania’s Food Bank

October 23, 2017 BNS 0

Buyers in supermarkets across Lithuania donated 421,000 euros worth of groceries to those in need during a campaign organized by the Food Bank over the past two days. […]

Andreas Schleicher: on how to reform Lithuanian education system

October 23, 2017 Media Briefing 0

What the country’s education is today, such is the state economy tomorrow. Based on this axiom, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), prior to accepting Lithuania into its ranks, performed an analysis of […]

Lithuania won’t slow down pace of accepting refugees – Minister of Interior

October 23, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania will not slow down the pace of relocation of refugees after expiry of the European Union’s (EU) two-year program, says Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]

Raimondas Baranauskas, Vladimiras Antonovas

Seimas passes amendments for in-absentia trial of ex-bankers

October 20, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s parliament on 19 October passed amendments initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė that en able the country’s law-enforcement to put financial offenders who have fled the country on trial. […]

Watchdog records rise in harmful online content after cannabis ad on Facebook

October 20, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Communication Regulatory Authority received 1,069 reports of unlawful or harmful online content in the third quarter of this year, which is an increase by a factor of five year-on-year. […]

KTU rector pledges to appeal against ethics watchdog’s finding

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Petras Baršauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), plans to go to court over the finding by the Lithuanian academic ethics watchdog that accused him of violating citing rules and requirements of academic ethics, dismissing the accusations as political retribution. […]

10 police officers sent to help Migration Dept with document processing

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Amid a heavy increase in workflow at the Lithuanian Migration Department, ten police officers from migration units have been sent as temporary backup, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said. […]

Monument to Alexander Pushkin in Vilnius

Putin awards editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Russia’s president has awarded the Medal of Alexander Pushkin, a state decoration, to Valerij Tretjakov, editor-in-chief of Lithuania’s Russian-language weekly newspaper Litovskij Kurjer. […]

KTU rector breached citing rules, academic ethics – watchdog

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Petras Baršauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) violated citing rules and requirements of academic ethics, the Lithuanian Service of Ombudsman of Academic Ethics and Procedures concluded. […]

Pavilionis: dual citizenship clauses limit free movement, trans-Atlantic integration

October 17, 2017 BNS 0

The existing provisions on dual citizenship limit the free movement of Lithuanian citizens in European Union (EU) countries, which bars full exercise of trans-Atlantic integration, conservative MP Žygimantas Pavilionis told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. […]

The New Honorary Doctor of KTU Klaus Schwab

Klaus Schwab: Lithuania is a country with great Potential”

October 17, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 1

13 October the regalia of honorary doctor of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) were awarded to Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the international organisation, which is encouraging the collaboration between public and business organisations. Professor Klaus Schwab is the 45th Honorary Doctor of KTU. […]

If Constitutional Court doesn’t allow dual citizenship, Lithuania’ll need referendum – PM

October 17, 2017 BNS 0

If the Constitutional Court does not pave way for dual citizenship for Lithuanians who have left for other countries of the European Union (EU) and NATO, politicians will have the duty of holding a referendum on amendments to the country’s main law, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]