Society
Prosecutors close probe into alleged sexual harassment at Vilnius Academy of Arts
The Vilnius Prosecutor’s Office has closed a pre-trial investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA). […]
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Politics
Seimas speaker plans parliamentary panel for MP’s sexual misconduct allegations
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has pledged to form an ad hoc commission at the parliament to scrutinize the sexual misconduct allegations against MP Mykolas Majauskas. […]
Foreign affairs
Head of women’s crisis centre in Vilnius calls on Seimas to ratify Istanbul Convention
The head of Vilnius Women’s House, a non-governmental organization running a crisis centre for women, has called on the Lithuanian parliament to ratify the so-called Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, saying that it would help fight sexual harassment. […]
Society
Trimakas leaves Vilnius Arts Academy amid misconduct allegations
Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize winner, photographer Gintautas Trimakas, who has been accused of unacceptable behaviour toward female students, is leaving the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA). […]
Society
Lithuanian national prize winner Trimakas breached ethical norms – watchdog
Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize winner, photographer Gintautas Trimakas violated the ethical norms of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, when he tried to enter into “non-academic relationships “with his female students, the higher school’s Ethics Committee has stated. […]
Society
3 lecturers of Vilnius Academy of Art accused of sexual harassment
Ethics watchdogs of the senate of the Vilnius Academy of Art is looking into student complaints over possibly unethical conduct of three of the academy’s lecturers. […]
Society
Vilnius Arts Academy’s ethics panel to look at sexual harassment allegations
The Ethics Committee of the Senate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, is holding a meeting on Thursday to discuss sexual harassment allegations against two of its lecturers. […]