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Official emigration volumes down in Lithuania in May
The volume of official emigration from Lithuania has declined – the number of declared emigrations was down by nearly 500 in May from April, Statistics Lithuania said. […]
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Lithuanian police, border guards join search for seal killers
Lithuanian border guards and police are helping environmental protection officers in their efforts to find the killers of more than 20 red-listed seals found dead on the country’s Baltic Sea coast this year, the Environment Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
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Anonymous bomb threat forces evacuation of Kaunas airport
An anonymous call about an explosive device planted at Kaunas Airport on Tuesday forced an evacuation of the airport. […]
History
Document of Soviet deportation of Lithuanians added to UNESCO Memory of the World Register
A plan of the Operation Priboi, the code name for a mass deportation of the Lithuanian population by the Soviets in 1949, has been granted the status of a document of national importance and listed in Lithuania’s national Memory of the World Register. […]
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Lithuanians view Brazauskas as most deserved president
Algirdas Brazauskas is considered the president of Lithuania who has made the biggest contribution for the country, shows a poll carried out by Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) company for the news portal delfi.lt. […]
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Lithuania’s emergency service warns of strong winds Friday
The Lithuanian Fire and Rescue Department has warned of strong winds in much of the country on Friday and urged people to be cautious. […]
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PM on alcohol use statistics: 5 liters change nothing
Lithuania’s 2016 per capita alcohol consumption figures released by the country’s statistics office are lower than those published by the World Health Organization, but Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that this does not substantially change the situation. […]
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Lithuania’s alcohol consumption down to 13.2 liters in 2016 – statistics office
Lithuania’s legal alcohol consumption per person aged 15 years and over last year amounted to 13.2 liters, down by 0.8 liters from 14 liters in 2015, according to preliminary figures from the country’s statistics office. […]
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Lithuanian educational game among the strongest projects from 15 countries
The educational game Robo Settlers developed by the Lithuanian Team SneakyBox was among the strongest projects from 15 countries at the annual Microsoft Imagine Cup Regional Finals. The Lithuanian project competed with another eight projects in the finals for the opportunity to vie for the top prize in Seattle, USA. […]
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Lithuanians back alcohol ad ban, disapprove of specialized stores – poll
Lithuanians back a complete ban on alcohol advertising, shortening of sale hours and raising of the legal drinking age to 20, but they do not support plans to set up specialized alcohol stores and to prohibit the sale of alcohol at large public events, according to the latest opinion poll published on Delfi.lt. […]
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Brzezinski was European American – Lithuania’s Landsbergis
Cold War strategist and politician Zbigniew Brzezinski always had an impact upon US policies, regardless of the president in power, and his death is an enormous loss, says Vytautas Landsbergis, speaker of Lithuania’s Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas […]
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Lithuania’s Jewish Community re-elects Kukliansky as leader
The Jewish Community of Lithuania re-elected Faina Kukliansky for the second term as its chairperson at an election on Sunday, while her competitor Simonas Gurevicius dismissed the vote as unlawful and pledged to turn to court. […]
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Užupis adds Hindi and Sanskrit plaques to its Constitution Wall
In a most colourful ceremony with song and dance and some animated speeches, two additional plaques were Thursday unveiled on the famous Constitution Wall of Užupis Republic in Vilnius. The 41-point constitution of the self-proclaimed artists’ republic now boasts version in Hindi and Sanskrit. […]
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