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Ex-political prisoners, deportees call on Russia to let Mission into Siberia

August 6, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s former political prisoners and deportees called on Russia during their convention on Saturday to let participants of the Mission Siberia project into the country. […]

Russian St. George's ribbon on a car in Vilnius on May 9

EUR 300 fine proposed for wearing St. George’s ribbons in Lithuania

May 18, 2018 BNS 0

A fine of up to 300 euros is proposed for wearing Russian St. George’s ribbons with black and orange stripes in Lithuania. […]

On Russian Propaganda, Anti-Semitism, and Lithuania’s Lessons

December 19, 2016 Fabio Belafatti 0

No-brainer questions in Vilnius A bizarre debate has taken place in Vilnius a few days ago: should our municipality rename a street dedicated to Kazys Škirpa, a former Lithuanian diplomat notorious for his rabid anti-Semitic […]

Lithuania acknowledged as a cheap country, this caused the anger of citizens

August 19, 2019 0

According to the affordability of goods and services in 2018, Lithuania lies ahead of many EU countries, the newest EU survey data says. However, Lithuanians are not rushing to celebrate; they say that the prices […]

80 years after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Dividing lines in Europe linger on

August 15, 2019 0

On 23 August Europe will mark the European Day of remembrance for the victims of totalitarian regimes and will commemorate 80 years since the notorious non-aggression agreement between the two biggest totalitarian tyrannies of the […]

Extradition of judge Neringa Venckienė who alleges a paedophile ring in Lithuania

August 14, 2019 0

Recent news about a former judge Neringa Venckienė extradition to Lithuania have forced many to recall the now infamous alleged paedophilia case of Garliava, near Kaunas. Back in 2009, N. Venckienė took part in exposing […]

Vytautas Bruveris. The storm from the political scene has also entered the Presidential Palace

August 13, 2019 0

Took away a gunpowder barrel from beneath the nation’s behind. This was the explanation of Vilnius Mayor R. Šimašius for his decision to secretly strip the Nazi administration official and anti-Soviet post-war resistance figure J. […]

Immigration boosts labour force

August 13, 2019 0

Unemployment has shrunk 0.4pp in the second quarter of 2019 but was 0.2pp higher than a year ago – the first annual increase in unemployment since 2010. However, the reasons for the increase in unemployment […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Aurelijus Veryga, Ramūnas Karbauskis

Veryga and Kukuraitis explain themselves to the president: their fate is on the line

August 12, 2019 0

President Gitanas Nausėda has met with several ministers that have been delegated by the “Farmers”. One of the first to be called up was Minister of Healthcare Aurelijus Veryga. He is one of the numbers […]