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Foreign affairs

‘No Lithuanians hurt’ in Nice attack

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry says it has no information about Lithuanian nationals affected in the terrorist attack in the French seaside resort of Nice where a truck smashed into a crowd in early hours of Friday.

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Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Grybauskaitė vetoes bill easing restrictions on repeat residence permits for foreigners

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed a bill proposed by Social Democrat MP Algirdas Sysas and adopted by the Seimas (parliament) that suggest that certain requirements for third-country nationals would only apply for their first application for residence permits in Lithuania, and that the permit would later be extended almost automatically.

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Gintaras Grušas
Society

Lithuanian religious leaders support Seimas’ limits on in-vitro fertilisation

The heads of Lithuania’s Christian churches have thrown their weight behind a strict law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) that was recently passed by the parliament (Seimas) but vetoed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

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German troops landing in Lithuania as part of a NATO exercise
European Union

‘Germany embracing role as European security guardian with leadership of Lithuania NATO unit’

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that Germany, which will be leading the new NATO battalion in Lithuania, is assuming responsibility for European security.

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Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

New Labour Code ‘bulldozes’ workers’ rights – Grybauskaitė

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticised the new Labour Code reform, saying that a majority of the changes were only beneficial to employers.

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Algirdas Butkevičius, Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

PM rejects criticism in President Grybauskaitė’s state of the nation address

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has reacted to the president’s state of the nation address, saying it was a thinly-veiled attack on the governing parties ahead of the elections. […]