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Lithuanian worker detained after accidentally crossing into Russia

A Lithuanian worker carrying out technical work accidentally entered Russia via a railway bridge and was detained there,...

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Lithuania bans fur farming, offering compensations to farmers

Lithuanian lawmakers on Thursday passed a law banning fur farms in the country from 2027.

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Let’s remember, not commemorate, Vilnius Ghetto history, says Jewish community leader

The history of Lithuanian Jews and the Holocaust is often reduced to official commemorations and guided tours, says Fain...

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GetJet's Lithuanian, Latvian AOCs to expand fleets

… .2023 - 05:41 UTC Vilnius District Court has told Novaturas … million) to GetJet Airlines (GW, Vilnius) for what it called an … :45 UTC GetJet Airlines (GW, Vilnius) took delivery of a first …

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Amid changing smoking habits, Philip Morris’s Klaipėda cigarette factory faces uncertainty

As tobacco consumption habits are changing around the world, Philip Morris International, a tobacco manufacturing compan...

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‘Only Russia wins’ – Lithuanian parliament speaker critical of Warsaw-Kyiv spat

In response to Poland’s announcement that it will no longer send weapons to Ukraine, Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Vikto...

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Nausėda calls to ensure accountability of those responsible for war crimes

On Wednesday, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda said in his speech at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York that working for sustainable peace in Ukraine the international community should ensure the accountability of those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Education minister says ‘no signals’ indicating pressure on teachers before strike

The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport has not received any reports about alleged pressure put on teachers before their warning strike action last Friday, the minister says.

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Lithuania commemorates 80th anniversary of Vilnius Ghetto liquidation

This week 80 years ago, the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto marked one of the darkest episodes of the Holocaust in Lit...

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Next US army rotation begins service in Lithuania

On Thursday, the US rotational battalions will change over during a ceremony at General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area at Pabradė, the National Defence Ministry reports.

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Foreign Minister: proposals for weakening hard-achieved sanctions against Russia raise concerns

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met on Wednesday with the under-secretary-general for political affairs of the United Nations, Rosemary A. DiCarlo, to discuss the role of the UN in pursuing Russia’s accountability for aggression against Ukraine, the ministry said in a press release.

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Some churches in Lithuania will serve as emergency shelters

The Catholic Church and the Ministry of the Interior have signed a cooperation agreement, under which priests will be in...

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EU should take action to prevent ethnic cleansing in Karabakh, Armenian FM tells his Lithuanian counterpart

… Ararat Mirzoyan has met with Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis …

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Mitsotakis & Erdogan meeting has ended – A step up from Vilnius, but The Hague is further away (Upd.)

… went a step further than Vilnius, but The Hague is still …

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Mitsotakis & Erdogan meeting has ended – A step up from Vilnius, but The Hague is further away (Upd.)

… went a step further than Vilnius, but The Hague is still …

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