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New Rokiškis award to honour Litvak war hero

The Rokiškis Regional Museum and the US-based non-profit organization Remembering Litvaks, have established a new research award, the volunteer Private Ruvin Bun award, to encourage a better understanding of the contribution of ethnic minorities to the founding of an independent Lithuanian state. […]

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300 protest Seimas Labour Code liberalization proposal

About 300 people organized by Lithuanian trade unions gathered to protest the new Labour Code, which critics say will narrow the social benefits for employees.

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Memorialising Lithuanian deportees who perished in Siberia

Tens of thousands of Lithuanians were deported by Stalin to Siberia during and after World War Two. Villages in the distant reaches of Russia still bear traces of Lithuanian deportee communities, although time and neglect are taking toll on Lithuanian cemeteries.

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Lithuanian courts dismiss Saudi’s claim to victim status for CIA imprisonment

Lithuania’s law enforcement has no substantial evidence of a Saudi Arabian citizen suspected of organizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks being brought to a secret CIA detention center in Lithuania, a Vilnius court ruled on Tuesday.

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