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Lithuanian and Hollywood films dominated Lithuania’s cinemas in 2016

February 2, 2017 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian cinemas were visited by over 3.6m people last year. Ticket sales reached more than €17.5m. A total of 291 films including 17 national productions were screened in 2106. […]

IVF procedures in Lithuania come to halt after new law takes effect – official

February 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Healthcare providers in Lithuania stopped offering assisted reproduction treatment to new patients after a new law took effect in January as they have to renew their licenses, the director of the State Health Care Accreditation Agency said on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian, UK officers conduct joint human trafficking probe

February 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian and UK officers are conducting a joint probe into human trafficking, police in the port city of Klaipėda said on Thursday. […]

Audience of news on Russian TV channels down by 1/3 in Lithuania

February 1, 2017 BNS EN 0

The number of viewers news broadcasts on Russian-language television channels has declined by a third in Lithuania, shows a poll published by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. […]

Minister of Social Affairs wants corporal punishment banned by law

January 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Ministry will seek that a ban on corporal punishment be included into a framework law on children’s rights protection, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Tuesday. […]

Flu epidemic declared in 16 out of 60 municipalities

January 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

An influenza epidemic has been declared in 16 out of Lithuania’s 60 municipalities, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday. […]

Violence against children viewed wrong in Lithuania – ombudsperson

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights Edita Žiobienė says that violence against children is viewed more leniently than violence against adults. […]

Court opens case of bilingual street signs in Vilnius

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Vilnius court on Monday opened hearings into the bilingual street signs in the Lithuanian capital. The government’s representative says that non-Lithuanian signs run counter to the law and may instigate hatred, while the municipality maintains the signs are merely a decorative element. […]

Politicians focus on child’s rights after violence against 4 years old

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

The death of a 4-year-old boy in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, after severe beating at home has caused Lithuanian politicians and public to again shift their attention to the situation of child’s rights. […]

Brutal violence against children up in Lithuania – doctor

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

At least one child beaten at home is admitted to the Lithuanian Kaunas Clinic every month, and the number of brutal violence against children is increasing, says Rimantas Kevalas, the head of the Children’s Hospital of the Kaunas Clinic. […]

President calls for centralized decision on child removal from family

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called for resumed discussion on centralization of protection of child‘s rights. […]

Hundreds of candles lit outside Seimas against violence against children

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

After the tragic death of a 4-year-old after beating in his home in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, a civil campaign was held outside the parliament on Friday aimed at stepping up efforts against violence against children. […]

Court issues arrest warrant for murdered child’s mother, stepfather

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Lithuanian court has issued arrest warrants for the mother and stepfather of the 4-year-old boy who died of severe beating early on Friday. […]

SocMin pledges revamp of child’s rights scheme after child beating

January 26, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis maintains that the repeating cases of violence against children prove that the existing child’s rights protection system does not work. […]

Culture minister backs idea of Vilnius Museum

January 26, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson has expressed support to the idea of establishing a Vilnius Museum in the country’s capital. […]

EC Andriukaitis agrees that Lithuanian doctors should ‘work off’ in regions for degree

January 26, 2017 BNS EN 0

European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania in charge of health care and food safety agrees that doctors who receive degrees for money provided by the state should be put under the obligation of working it off in regions. […]

Lithuania to treat rare diseases in EU

January 26, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanians who have mandatory health insurance will be able to undergo treatment of extremely rare diseases in other countries of the European Union (EU) that have the necessary specialists, visiting members of the European Commission said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]