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President Grybauskaitė retracts call for new child welfare institution
Having suggested to set up a new institution to deal with children in at-risk families, President Dalia Grybauskaitė retracted her words, insisting her proposal was rather to institute additional functions that could be carried out by existing bodies. […]
Society
Psychiatric examination ordered in double homicide as forensic experts present findings
A psychiatric examination of the suspect in the investigation of a tragic double homicide in Kėdainiai district has been ordered as forensic experts presented their findings. A father is suspected of having thrown his two kids into a well. […]
Politics
PM sceptical about setting up new institutions in wake of Saviečiai double homicide
After a tragedy in Kėdainiai District when a father killed his two children by throwing them into a well, the government will consider giving more power to the State Child Rights Protection and Adoption Service, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told LRT radio. […]
Politics
Prime minister orders investigation into tragedy in Kėdainiai district
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius ordered the Ministry of Social Security and Labour to carry out an investigation whether there was a proper control over the actions regarding families at risk, what measures have been taken to put an end to domestic violence, after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district. […]
Politics
President speaks out about collective responsibility after Saviečiai tragedy
President Dalia Grybauskaitė said not only the state but society as well had to take care of children growing up in dysfunctional families after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district when a 36-year-old father killed his two children by throwing them into a well. […]
Society
Double family homicide prompts government to look into family programmes
After a tragic incident of domestic violence that left two children dead in central Lithuania, the government is setting up a commission to look into what should have been done to prevent it. […]
Society
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Lithuanian police offer help to Swedish law enforcement in murder case
Lithuania’s police have offered their assistance to Swedish counterparts investigating the murder case of a Swedish teenager, in which two Lithuanian citizens are named as suspects. […]