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PM Skvernelis thinks Polish TV channels should be available in Lithuania
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that more viewers in Lithuania should have access to Polish TV channels. […]
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Prosecutors drop probe on Vilnaus students’ participation in camps in Russia
Lithuanian prosecutors have dropped an investigation into participation of Vilnius school students in camps in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]
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Lithuanian spending on purchases lowest in Baltics but catching up with Latvia
The spending of Lithuanian households on essential goods remains the lowest in the Baltic states, however, is rapidly catching up with Latvia, shows an index of household spending published by the research company Baltic Market Insights (Baltmi). According to the survey, Lithuanians spend an average of nearly 2 euros more than Latvians during a single visit to the store, however, are still behind Estonia. […]
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CIA declassifies document on Lithuania’s post-WWII guerrilla fighting
A report about guerrilla fighting against the Soviet occupation after World War II is among hundreds of thousands of declassified documents published online by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). […]
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Survey finds Lithuanians to be happiest in Baltic states
Residents of Lithuania are happier than Latvians and Estonians, however, all in all, people of all three Baltic states are not as happy as the world population, shows a World Barometer published by Win/Gallup International and Baltic Market Insights. […]
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Seimas passes requirement for indefinite storage of unused embryos
The Lithuanian parliament passed on Tuesday amendments, initiated by the Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), to the new Law on Assisted Reproduction, putting into place the requirement to indefinitely store unused embryo and allowing embryo donation. […]
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Great Synagogue must be restored but not until 2027 – Vilnius mayor
The Great Synagogue of Vilnius that was razed to the ground during the Soviet rule should be rebuilt at least in part, however, the idea cannot be implemented in the nearest decade, says Remigijus Šimašius, mayor of the Lithuanian capital. […]
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Another 16 Syrian refugees arrive in Lithuania
Another 16 Syrian refugees have arrived in Lithuania under the EU’s resettlement program, the Migration Department said. […]
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Lithuania should have up to 5 state universities
The number of state universities in Lithuania has to be cut to no more than five, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
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Preliminary damage of Vilnius sewage spill at EUR 450,000
The preliminary damage caused by the December sewage spill in central Vilnius stands at 450,000 euros, says Marius Svaikauskas, the head of the Vilnius Regional Environment Protection Department. […]
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University of Education and Vytautas Magnus Uni expect to merge by 2018
Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) and the Lithuanian University of Education Sciences (LEU) expect to merge by the end of 2017, representatives of both universities said after meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday. […]
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Rescue teams pull cars out of ditch, remove fallen trees amid heavy snow
Fire and rescue services had to pull cars that have slid off the road and to remove felled tree branches amid snowy and windy conditions in Lithuania on Wednesday and in the early hours of Thursday. […]
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Heath Ministry plans to regulate home births
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Wednesday that he will appoint a working group to draw up legislation to regulate home births. […]
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Lithuania’s road death toll at lowest level since 1952
Some 189 people were killed on Lithuania’s roads in 2016, the lowest number since at least 1952, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. […]
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1st drunk-driving case in 2017 goes to court under tightened law
A 26-year-old man caught drunk-driving on the New Year’s night faces criminal liability under Lithuania’s tightened regulations, the Prosecutor General‘ Office said on Wednesday. […]
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Conservatives initiate special fund for southeast Lithuania
After the parliament voted down the earlier initiative for a special foundation for development of southeastern Lithuania, a group of MPs have again initiated the issue. […]
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IOM Vilnius and Santa visited Rukla refugee reception centre
200 asylum applicants have been relocated and resettled to Lithuania from Greece and Turkey in 2016. Since it is their first Christmas in Lithuania, International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vilnius together with Rukla refugee reception centre organized an initiative to share the Christmas spirit with them, IOM announced in a press release. […]
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Disabled voters didn’t have equal access in 2016 general elections
People with disabilities did not have an equal opportunity to cast their ballots in Lithuania’s parliamentary elections last October as more than a half of the polling stations were not adapted for voting by the disabled, Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson Agneta Skardžiuvienė has found. […]