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Lithuanian Roma integration project begins
The National Minorities Department has begun its Roma integration project. […]
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Gay spouses continue to fight Lithuanian migration authorities
A married gay couple continues to fight Lithuanian migration authorities that refuse to grant one of the male spouses residency permit. […]
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Government authorizes special license plate numbers for electric vehicles
Lithuanian electric vehicles will receive special registration numbers. […]
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Lithuanian appeals court upholds life sentence in 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre
Latvian-Russian national Konstantin Mikhailov will serve a life in prison sentence for his role in the 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre after the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the verdict on Monday. […]
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Lithuanians who guarded Jewish massacre sites are guilty too – Lithuanian historian
Those who pulled the trigger during the Jewish genocide in Lithuania are not the only ones who should be considered guilty – those who transported Jews and guarded the sites of massacres should also be held accountable, a local historian says. […]
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Lithuania’s highest pedestrian bridge opened in Alytus
The town of Alytus in southern Lithuania has opened the country’s highest pedestrian bridge. […]
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Lithuania to crack down on illegal tour guides
This summer, the Tourism Department will be accompanied by police officers to identify whether Lithuania’s tour guides are working legally. […]
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Artificial insemination law to come before Seimas again
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday opened discussions into the draft Law on Assisted Insemination, which would stipulate state financing for expensive assisted insemination procedures for families unable to have children. […]
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Parliament to consider defining family through marriage and parenthood
The Lithuanian parliament will debate on Thursday an amendment to the Constitution that would tie the legal definition of a family to marriage and parenthood. […]
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Case of Russian spy in Lithuania handed over to regional court
A case in which a Russian citizen and an former officer of the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base are charged with spying has been handed over to the Šiauliai Regional Court, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
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Passengers of drunk drivers to face fines in Lithuania
The Lithuanian parliament is considering a law that would punish passengers of intoxicated drivers. […]
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Basic instinct – How to avoid a collision with a Lithuanian moose in season
Lithuanian’s wildlife is now at the peak of its birthing season so drivers need to be particularly attentive while driving in the early morning and at night, the key times when animals are the most likely to jump onto the road and cause a collision with a vehicle. […]
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Lithuania’s death rates from overdoses twice EU average
The European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction has said that Lithuania’s mortality rate due to drug overdoses is more than twice the EU average. […]
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Lithuanian paramilitary volunteers may be allowed to keep weapons at home
Amendments are making their way through Lithuania’s parliament to allow members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, a civilian paramilitary organization, and of the National Defense Volunteer Forces to acquire and keep semi-automatic weapons and ammunition at home. […]
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Basir, Lithuanian-speaking Afghan refugee, accepts job offer from MEP
Abdul Basir Youssuf, the Afghani NATO interpreter who had worked with Lithuanian soldiers in Ghor province and was granted asylum in Lithuania after a plea for help on Youtube in Lithuanian, has accepted a job at a resort offered to him by Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga. […]
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Palanga extends lifeguard hours to safeguard swimmers
Lifeguards at the beaches in Palanga will work an extra two hours every day in the summer until 8 pm in an effort to reduce incidents and in response to the many people who go for a swim in the evening. […]