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Gaon Jewish Museum astonished over plans of Jewish History Museum in Vilnius
The Vilnius Gaon State Jewish Museum has expressed astonishment over the Lithuanian administration’s plans of founding a new Museum of Jewish History in or next to the reconstructed Vilnius Concert and Sports Palace. […]
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We are patriots of Lithuania – head of Tatar community
The majority of Tatars living in Lithuania are patriots of the country who are willing to defend the state, says Motiejus Jakubauskas, deputy chairman of the Union of Tatar Communities of Lithuania. […]
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Emigration from Lithuania no longer impacted by economic growth
Lithuania’s economic indicators are no longer having an impact on emigration flows, a new trend that has been observed in recent years, the head of the Vilnius office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. […]
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PM sees no need for agreement to curb emigration
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees no need for an agreement on curbing emigration, saying that measures aimed at doing so are envisaged in the government’s program. […]
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Lithuania’s security department under criticism for remarks of ‘exclusive rights’ for Poles
Some political experts say that the State Security Department had no reasons to get involved in political discussions about granting “exclusive rights” to Poles living in Lithuania. […]
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American Jewish Committee backs idea of Jewish history museum in Vilnius
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) supports the idea of setting up a Jewish history museum in Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian customs officers bust 154 kg of hashish
Lithuanian customs officers discovered 154 kg of hashish in a de luxe BMW cross-country on Tuesday, the Customs Criminal Service said. […]
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British drugs trafficker suspect detained in Lithuania
James Mulvey, a suspected British drugs trafficker who was detained in an international operation in Kaunas on Tuesday, owned real property and several companies in Lithuania, the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) said. […]
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Man who found independence act is meticulous professor, passionate collector
Liudas Mažylis, the man who on Wednesday found what is believed to be an original copy of Lithuania’s Act of Independence of 1918 in Germany‘s archives, is described by his colleagues and students as a professor who loves details and is a passionate collector. […]
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MG Baltic says lawyers yet to decide on award for Lithuanian independence act discovery
The president of MG Baltic says that the business group will keep its promise to pay a million euros to anyone who finds an original copy of Lithuania’s Act of Independence of 1918 if the document is returned to the country. […]
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President hails discovery of independence act as ‘extremely joyful news’
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the discovery of what is believed to be an original copy of Lithuania’s Act of Independence of 1918 is “is extremely joyful news” as the country prepares to celebrate the centenary of the restoration of statehood next February. […]
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Lithuanian ambassador to Berlin to be shown 1918 independence act
Lithuania’s ambassador to Berlin, Deividas Matulionis, on Thursday will visit the German Foreign Ministry’s archives to see what is believed to be an original copy of the country’s Act of Independence of 1918. […]
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Discovery of Lithuania’s original 1918 independence act is very important – Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, says that the discovery of what is thought to be an original copy of the country’s Act of Independence of February 16, 1918 is spiritually, morally and politically very important for the nation. […]
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Ccourt issues 3-month arrest warrant for family shooting suspect
A court on Wednesday issued a three-month arrest warrant for Egidijus Anupraitis who is suspected of shooting dead his parents, grandmother and uncle. […]
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2 Latvian citizens killed in crash on Via Baltica highway in Lithuania
An automobile and a cargo vehicle crashed on the Via Baltica highway on Wednesday morning, killing two citizens of Latvia, Marijampolė police said. […]
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Prosecutors have doubts in mental state of family shooting suspect
Lithuanian prosecutors say that they have doubts about the mental state of Egidijus Anupraitis, 26, who has been detained on the suspicion of killing four members of his family. […]
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Historians find Nazi murder base Paneriai 3 times size of current memorial
The massacre base established during World War II by the Nazi Germany in Paneriai just outside Vilnius was three times the size of the current memorial, Lithuanian historians have established. […]