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Lithuania says CIA flights were not related to detained prisoners

The Lithuanian government told the European Court of Human Rights in a suspected secret CIA prison case that what CIA-linked aircraft transported to Lithuania a decade ago was not prisoners, but communications equipment for an intelligence support center that was being set up close to Vilnius.

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Lithuanian TV watchdog lifts sanctions on pro-Russian broadcasts

Lithuania’s media watchdog has cancelled restrictions on two Russian-language TV channels after signals from the European Commission that the sanctions may run counter to EU legislation.

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New artificial insemination law makes life harder for infertile Lithuanian couples, say experts

Obstetrician-gynecologist Reda Verbickienė believes that the conservative assisted fertilisation law passed today is a loss for Lithuanians because modern treatment methods have become inaccessible, forcing patients to seek treatment abroad or waste money on procedures that may not only fail to deliver results, but may wind up harming them as well.

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More refugees arrive in Lithuania under EU resettlement program

More refugees arrived in Lithuania on Monday under the EU’s refugee resettlement programme. […]

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Students protest Labour Code by blockading Government building

Late Wednesday evening, about 50 students blockaded the entrance to the Government building in Vilnius to protest what they feel was the hurried approval of a new liberal Labour Code.

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