With the cold season approaching, demand for housing for refugees from Ukraine may increase, Lithuanian Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene has warned.
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Lithuanian Health Minister Arunas Dulkys has stated that the coronavirus pandemic has been overcome “from a medical point of view”.
September232022
The Vilnius Regional Prosecutor's Office said on Friday it had dropped a pre-trial investigation into the alleged theft of anti-COVID-19 protective personal equipment two years ago.
September232022
Lithuania’s Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys says with winter approaching there may be a new wave of Ukrainian war refugees and EU member states may have to show more solidarity.
September232022
The Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD) has announced potential mayoral candidates in Vilnius and Kaunas cities for the 2023 election. The decision regarding the candidates will be finalised next week.
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On Thursday, 22 September, 1,173 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Lithuania and 3 individuals died of the disease.
September232022
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has called on the international community not to turn away in the face of Vladimir Putin's new war crimes and to hold the aggressor accountable for his actions.
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On Thursday, 22 September, the State Border Guard Service of Lithuania (VSAT) turned away 100 migrants attempting to enter the country illegally from Belarus.
September222022
With the state of emergency in Lithuania now limited to zones along the country’s borders with Russia and Belarus instead of its entire territory, the Seimas on Thursday slapped a temporary ban on Russian and Belarusian TV and radio broadcasts in Lithuania.
September222022
Police: four members of Football Federation’s Executive Committee have previous criminal convictions
According to the police, 4 members of the Executive Committee of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) had been convicted of crimes. The Committee consists of 20 members.
September222022
After Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland on 19 September restricted the entry of Russian citizens due to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the majority of travellers meet the criteria set by the Government of Lithuania and are allowed to cross the border.
September222022
Russia's decision on a partial mobilization is not unexpected and it shows the country's personnel problems in its war against Ukraine, Lithuanian Chief of Defense Valdemaras Rupsys says.
September222022
Chairman of the party Democrats For Lithuania Saulius Skvernelis and Conservative MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas do not think that Lithuania should accept Russian citizens who started fleeing their country after President Vladimir Putin declared partial mobilisation to send more soldiers to fight in Ukraine. The lawmakers argue this would create multiple national security threats.
September222022
The Lithuanian Parliament has confirmed that the next municipal and mayoral elections will take place on 5 March 2023.
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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė argues that Russian citizens had enough time to express their standpoint on Russia’s war against Ukraine, therefore, now it is not the duty of other countries to save Russians fleeing from mobilisation.
September222022
Kęstutis Budrys, the chief national security adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda, says the military threat to Lithuania and NATO remains low after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
September222022
Lithuanian border guards have in the past 24 hours turned away 117 migrants attempting to cross into the country from Belarus illegally, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) said on Thursday morning.
September222022
President Gitanas Nausėda continues his participation in the United Nations General Assembly Session in New York. On Wednesday, the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia met with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in what has become a traditional meeting, reports the presidency.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Lithuania will continue to consider each case individually before issuing humanitarian visas to Russian citizens. The announcement comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared partial mobilisation, which prompted some Russians to flee their country to avoid being sent to fight in the war in Ukraine.
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Foreign arms manufacturers are considering setting up a production facility in Lithuania, says Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense.